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AG Ferguson: Motel 6 will pay $12M for violating privacy of tens of thousands of Washingtonians

If you or a family member stayed at a Motel 6 in Washington between Feb. 1, 2015 and Sept. 17, 2017, please submit a claim for restitution here. The Attorney General’s Office is not part of the federal government and submitting a claim does not require you to disclose your immigration status.

 

Joint statement from AG Ferguson and L&I Director Sacks on Alaska Airlines US Supreme Court decision

High court declines case, leaves ruling that protects state workers in place

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Department of Labor & Industries Director Joel Sacks offer the following statement on the United States Supreme Court decision to decline to hear Alaska Airlines v. L&I:

AG Ferguson leads 38 AGs to fight misguided rollback of opioid guidelines

In the midst of nationwide opioid epidemic, HHS proposal weakening guidelines to reduce overprescribing, putting communities at risk

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson and a bipartisan coalition of 38 other attorneys general today submitted a comment letter urging the federal government to reverse course on its proposal to eliminate opioid prescribing guidelines in the midst of the opioid epidemic.

AG Ferguson: Clark County dentists to pay $1 million over fraudulent Medicaid billing

Dentists billed for services they didn’t provide, charged for more expensive services than they provided

VANCOUVER — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that CareOne Dental Corporation and its owners will pay $1 million over allegations they repeatedly billed Medicaid for non-covered services and for services the company didn’t provide, the second-largest resolution of an in-state Medicaid False Claims Act case in Washington.

AG Ferguson asks court to block Trump’s family planning “gag rule”

Motion for preliminary injunction asks the court to block the rule before its effective date

YAKIMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a motion for preliminary injunction, asking a federal court to block the Trump Administration’s family planning “gag rule” before the rule goes into effect. The rule impacts Title X, the federal funding program for reproductive healthcare and family planning services.

AG Ferguson seeks to join lawsuit against Navy for polluting Puget Sound

Ferguson fears Navy will release more pollution in cleaning another ship currently slated for scrapping

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a motion to join a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Navy’s practice of scraping the hulls of decommissioned vessels in a way that releases metals and other contaminants into Sinclair Inlet. This contamination can harm marine life up and down the food chain, including salmon and orcas.