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Businesses, government, non-profits and others received misleading bills
Nick Brown
Washington state to receive $2.2 million in diabetes drug settlement
Federal government, 38 states accuse GlaxoSmithKline of illegally marketing Avandia
SEATTLE - Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced that he and 37 other Attorneys General reached a $90 million settlement with GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) to resolve allegations that the company illegally promoted its diabetes drug, Avandia.
Everett Kia dealership agrees to halt false advertising
SEATTLE – An Everett auto dealership sued by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office for deceptive advertising, along with other illegal business practices, says it will change its ways.
Attorney General’s Office zaps video game website
Canceling subscription services sold by Oberon Media called “difficult by design”
SEATTLE — An agreement negotiated by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office means “game over” for a video game company’s practice of signing up customers under false pretenses for hard-to-cancel recurring charges. The Washington State Attorney General’s Office, which reached the agreement yesterday with Delaware-based Oberon Media, Inc., calls the company’s tactics “unfair and deceptive” under the state’s Consumer Protection Act.
McKenna, state AGs call on Congress to reauthorize human trafficking bill
OLYMPIA – Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna Friday joined with 45 other state attorneys general calling on Congress to adopt the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) by the end of the year. Among its important features, the legislation funds task forces to protect victims and prosecute traffickers.
Drug settlement returns $318,969 to Washington state
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals accused of illegal marketing, paying kick-backs to medical professionals
Public Counsel questions back-to-back winter rate increases in proposed Avista settlement
SEATTLE - Avista, UTC Staff, and other parties filed a non-unanimous multiparty settlement late Friday with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) in Avista's general rate case. The Public Counsel Section of the Washington State Attorney General's Office did not sign the settlement.
Attorney General’s Office reaches deal with Southwest Washington car seller
Whitney’s Auto Group and its affiliated dealerships investigated for “unfair and deceptive” tactics
SEATTLE – A Washington State Attorney General’s Office investigation into Whitney’s Auto Group concluded Wednesday with an agreement halting consumer-unfriendly sales and marketing tactics.
People-search provider agrees to be up-front about costs
MyLife.com changes practices to resolve Attorney General’s investigation
SEATTLE – “Go to MyLife.com, the Internet’s leading people search site, just type in your name and see if someone is searching for you – for free,” proclaimed a television advertisement for Los Angeles-based website MyLife.com. “It could be an old boyfriend,” an attractive young woman with a laptop wonders aloud. But unfortunately, according to documents filed today by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, there was nothing free about MyLife.com’s services.
Ecology Director’s statement regarding Supreme Court ruling on environmental cleanup funding source
This news release, regarding a case argued by the Washington State Attorney General's Office, was distributed by the Department of Ecology
OLYMPIA –Washington Department of Ecology Director Ted Sturdevant issued the following statement today on a state Supreme Court ruling upholding a voter-approved funding source for environmental protection and cleanups in Washington state.
Sturdevant said: