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AG Ferguson statement on protests, institutional reform

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement:

“I am deeply troubled by the events of the past week and the continued, senseless violence against communities of color, particularly against members of the African American community. The recent murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor ignited movements across the country. But let me be clear — racism has always been a plague on our communities and institutions. It is real and it is pervasive.

AG Ferguson files court challenge to Trump Administration’s new rule gutting campus sexual assault protections

Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new rule will chill reporting of assault and harassment

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today joined 17 other attorneys general to file a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s new rule on reporting sexual assault and harassment at schools and universities.

Attorney General sues packaged tuna manufacturer StarKist and former Bumble Bee CEO for overcharging Washington consumers for more than a decade

Federal criminal case led to $100 million fine, possible jail time for CEO

SEATTLE — Today Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a civil lawsuit against Starkist, one of the world’s largest canned tuna manufacturers and the former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods, another large tuna manufacturer, over a price-fixing conspiracy that drove up the cost of packaged tuna for more than a decade, costing Washingtonians at least $6 million. Ferguson’s lawsuit makes Washington the first state to bring a case over this conspiracy.

AG Ferguson: Nation’s largest subprime auto financing company to pay up to $6.4M to Washingtonians

Thousands of Washingtonians will receive relief

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that Santander Consumer USA Inc., the nation’s largest subprime auto financing company, will pay as much as $6.4 million to Washingtonians in the form of cash relief and loan forgiveness, following a years-long, multistate investigation into its lending and loan servicing practices.

AG Ferguson files Clean Water Act lawsuit against gold mining companies

Buckhorn mine releases pollutants into previously untouched streams

SPOKANE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a federal lawsuit against two gold mining companies for violating the Clean Water Act and discharging illegal levels of pollutants into creeks in Okanogan County flowing into the Kettle River. The companies could face millions of dollars in penalties for Clean Water Act violations.

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