HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today filed an amicus brief in a coalition of 16 attorneys general supporting women’s access to safe reproductive health care. The coalition filed the brief in Whole Woman’s Health Alliance v. Hill, which is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The attorneys general argue that, by preventing Whole Woman’s Health Alliance (WWHA) from opening a medication abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana, state officials are placing an undue burden on women’s ability to access reproductive health care services.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro is taking another step to defend women’s reproductive rights by entering Pennsylvania into a multi-state effort to protect access to safe and legal abortion care.
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that, as part of a multistate agreement, he’s secured a settlement that recovers $34.2 million for 46,000 service members and veterans nationwide who were deceived by Harris Jewelry. The jewelry company used deceptive marketing tactics to lure active-duty service members into a financing program, falsely claiming that doing so would improve their credit scores. In reality, service members were tricked into taking out high-interest loans for thousands of dollars on overpriced, poor quality jewelry. According to the agreement negotiated by 18 states and the FTC, Harris Jewelry must stop collecting debt from the service members they deceived and take appropriate action to correct their poor credit scores. July is Military Consumer Month and with today’s agreement, at least 87 service members in Pennsylvania who borrowed more than $100,000 will receive restitution.
HARRISBURG — Following a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, joined by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, a U.S. District Court Judge today issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration from implementing new religious and moral exemption rules that would allow virtually any company to deny women health insurance coverage for no-cost contraception.
HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced two separate multistate coalitions that will file federal lawsuits challenging nationwide operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service. The lawsuits seek to halt unilateral changes at the Postal Service and ensure safe, secure vote-by-mail across the country.
HARRISBURG—Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today led a group of 21 attorneys general and two cities in calling on the Postal Regulatory Commission to oppose Postmaster General DeJoy’s efforts to increase delivery times for First-Class Mail and other essential postal services. Forty percent of all first-class mail in the United States will be slowed down by these proposed changes.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro today led a coalition of 20 attorneys general with New York Attorney General Leitita James in submitting a formal complaint asking the Postal Regulatory Commission to order the U.S. Postal Service to request an advisory opinion on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ten-year plan to transform the Postal Service.
Shapiro: “Rolling back borrower protections hurts Pennsylvanians” HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today joined a multistate letter with 20 other attorneys general that expresses “profound concern” to the U.S. Department of Education for abdicating its responsibility to millions of student loan borrowers and their families across the country by revoking critical reforms designed to […]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of seven states seeking an immediate halt to illegal changes the United States Postal Service put in place that prevent Postal workers from effectively delivering the mail.
HARRISBURG―Attorney General Shapiro today announced that his Office will present oral arguments telephonically to the United States Supreme Court on May 6, 2020, to continue to protect women’s right to access birth control under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that Navient, known as one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, will provide relief totaling $1.85 billion to resolve allegations of widespread unfair, deceptive, and abusive student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory student loans.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of 17 Attorneys General to support a lawsuit by Massachusetts challenging the Trump administration’s decision to roll back a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that employers include contraceptive coverage for women in their health insurance plans.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that four people who conspired to defraud Medicaid of nearly $9 million have pleaded guilty and been sentenced for their roles in the scheme.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that his office filed an amended lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the Trump Administration challenging the federal government’s final religious and moral exemption rules limiting mandated contraceptive care. Attorney General Shapiro also announced that New Jersey and its Attorney General Gurbir Grewal joined Pennsylvania in filing the amended lawsuit. The government’s final rules are set to take effect in January 2019.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced recommendations from a statewide Grand Jury investigation into the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (MA) Program. The legislative actions recommended by the Grand Jury aim to assist the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services in identifying and preventing fraud from occurring in the program and provide law enforcement, particularly the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Section, with the tools it needs to effectively investigate fraud within the program.
PITTSBURGH–Scott W. Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the formation of a joint federal and state Western Pennsylvania COVID-19 Fraud Task Force to investigate and prosecute coronavirus-related fraud.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Rex Barr, owner of Rides Your Way, a non-medical transportation service provider, pleaded guilty to being involved in a scheme to charge Pennsylvanians for non-medical transportation plans that were not medically necessary. He is one of four defendants charged for participating in this scam.
HARRISBURG, PA — On behalf of all Pennsylvanians, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Governor Tom Wolf have filed formal, legal comments opposing a proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which would deny women, men and families across Pennsylvania and the country access to comprehensive family planning services in direct conflict with guidance from their doctors.
George T. Bottomley Jr. was charged with propositioning at least seven women for sex as he acted in his official capacity HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the arrest of a suspended Pennsylvania state constable accused of abusing his official authority by soliciting at least seven women for sex. George T. Bottomley Jr., […]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Shapiro leads 18 Other State Attorneys General to Protect Student Borrowers in Letter to Education Secretary DeVos HARRISBURG – Today, Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of Attorneys General to send a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, demanding the Department of Education stop its systematic rolling back […]
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and U.S. Attorney Scott Brady today announced that the former administrator of Mount Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, a sister nursing home to Brighton, has been indicted on federal charges. The charges are the result of a joint investigation in the federal grand jury, which alleges that the administrator directed employees to falsify records to give the appearance that the facility met federal and state staffing requirements. The administrator, Susan Gilbert, 60, is being charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, health care fraud, and obstruction of a federal audit. This investigation is ongoing.
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro today, along with 24 attorneys general, urged the United States Supreme Court to stop Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), by vacating the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ stay of a District Court order blocking the ban from going into effect.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against Gillece Services,Thomas Gillece (owner of Gillece), James F. Hackwelder (a former service manager for Gillece), and Joseph A. Nikoula (a field supervisor for Gillece) for allegedly misleading Pennsylvania consumers into paying for unnecessary home improvement work, including the unnecessary replacement of sewer pipes. The office seeks to return lost money to Pennsylvania consumers, get civil penalties, and ban Gillece from the plumbing industry.
PHILADELPHIA – Attorney General Shapiro and U.S. Attorney McSwain issued a warning to Pennsylvanians today to be alert to fraudsters using stolen identities to try to obtain Coronavirus Stimulus Funds.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today sent a letter, along with a bipartisan coalition of 50 states, territories, and the District of Columbia, to Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen condemning the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and stating such actions cannot be allowed to go unchecked.
AG Shapiro Testifies before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; Takes Joint Action with Senator Casey against Certain Kinds of Robocalls WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Josh Shapiro and U.S. Senator Bob Casey took joint action today to protect Pennsylvania seniors and consumers from robocalls disguised to hide or mask where they come from. Attorney […]
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that a coalition of 21 state Attorneys General have filed an amicus brief in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in support of a lawsuit brought by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey asking the courts to stop the Trump Administration from rolling back the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers provide contraceptive care coverage in their health insurance plans.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that his office has filed suit against the U.S. Postal Service, challenging its flawed environmental analysis for its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisition program. The suit alleges that the Postal Service’s plans to replace 90% of their fleet with fossil fuel vehicles fails to comply with even the most basic requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, and should be vacated.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined a bipartisan group of 32 Attorneys General urging Congress to oppose the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation. Approximately 100,000 Pennsylvanians receive legal aid representation each year, and a total of 1.9 million Pennsylvanians are income-eligible to receive legal aid. “Legal […]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro is announcing today that a major gas utility company has improved its services for Spanish-speaking customers after his office’s vigorous effort. During his “Latina Women in the Workplace” listening session, Attorney General Shapiro learned it was difficult for Spanish-speaking members of the Lehigh Valley community to navigate UGI Utilities’ English-only automated phone messaging system.
