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—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 — 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 – 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.
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 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 – 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 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–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, 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.
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.
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 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.
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., […]
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.
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 today announced that the former director of Luzerne County’s Children and Youth Services has been charged for directing employees to falsely terminate reports of child abuse and neglect, putting dozens of children in Luzerne County at risk. She has since resigned from her position.
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 — Michelle Henry, First Deputy Attorney General for the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, was recently honored with the 2017 Excellence in Public Service Alumni Award from Widener University Commonwealth Law School at the law school’s annual Evening at the Capitol event. As First Deputy, Henry is responsible for overseeing all legal, criminal and […]
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 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.
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.
Over 2,200 Pennsylvanians may be eligible for $1.2M in Restitution HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 48 other state Attorneys General today announced a $45 million settlement with PHH Mortgage Corporation, which improperly serviced mortgage loans between 2009 and 2012. The settlement includes $30.4 million in restitution for borrowers nationwide, including an estimated $1.2 […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry today announced that the Office of Attorney General has reached a settlement with Vantage Travel Services, Inc., subject to court approval.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced a settlement agreement with attorney Erik M. Helbing, and his law firm Helbing Law, LLC, and Consumer Law Relief, LLC, which also does business as Helbing Law Group, LLC, regarding their misleading advertising practices and failure to provide debt settlement services.
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Kevin Mullen of Centre County has pleaded guilty to charges related to the rape and sexual assault of six women over a nine-year period.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that the former director of Luzerne County’s Children and Youth Services has been convicted by guilty plea to one count of Endangering the Welfare of Children and two counts of Obstruction in Child Abuse Cases. She resigned from her position after she was arrested in July 2021.
