Washington consumers will receive full restitution
SEATTLE — Following a legal victory in August, Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a $418,000 judgment has been entered against a student loan debt adjusting company that overcharged Washington state students and collected unlawful fees.
SEATTLE — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following joint statement today:
"The cash program announced today by Volkswagen appears to be a goodwill gesture and nothing more.
“It in no way diminishes the seriousness of the deceptive practices and environmental harms that are the subject of the states' investigation, or the determination of the Attorneys General of 48 jurisdictions to hold Volkswagen to account for its conduct.”
SEATTLE – Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Washington has joined 25 states, cities and counties in filing motions to intervene to support the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s new power plant carbon pollution rules against legal challenge.
EVERETT — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced an agreement with DSB Investments, Inc., the owner of the Glacier View Apartments in Everett, to enforce compliance with the Washington Law Against Discrimination and the Consumer Protection Act. The agreement, called an Assurance of Discontinuance, was filed in King County Superior Court and is subject to the court’s approval.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced three actions to stop deceptive advertising and labeling by e-cigarette liquid — or e-liquid — manufacturers.
Freedom Stores accused of contacting unit commanders, filing out-of-state lawsuits
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a $63,000 resolution of an investigation into alleged unfair debt collection practices and deceptive advertising by retailer Freedom Stores, Inc. The alleged violations included filing lawsuits against Washington military service members in Virginia without their knowledge and contacting commanding officers with details of a service member’s debt.
Resources for public records requesters and help for agencies in understanding the law
OLYMPIA — Today Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that his office has updated its online Open Government Resource Manual summarizing Washington’s sunshine laws.
The 2015 publication modernizes the prior manual to reflect the past several years’ developments in the state’s Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, and court decisions interpreting those laws. The manual was last revised in 2007.
SEATTLE — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson today released the following statement:
“While we typically do not confirm or deny the existence of an ongoing investigation, it has already been reported that Washington is part of a multistate investigation involving 30 other state Attorneys General who are investigating Volkswagen’s alleged use of ‘defeat devices’ in their TDI Clean Diesel engines.
“I intend to thoroughly investigate this matter and protect the economic and environmental interests of Washington state consumers.
SPOKANE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a lawsuit against Monte L. Masingale, a Spokane-area car salesman, for a pattern of sexual harassment against female employees and prospective employees.
Masingale works at Greenacres Motors dealerships in Airway Heights, Greenacres, and Post Falls, Idaho. The auto dealer, Greenacres Motors, is also named in the suit, because its owner and staff knew, or should have known, about Masingale’s conduct.
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