December 20, 2022
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a pharmacy benefits manager, Health E Systems, has agreed to pay $275,000 for allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are designed to prevent overcharges in the workers’ compensation insurance system. The …
November 8, 2022
Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.2 million after allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures intended to keep costs down and prevent overcharges in the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system, according to Massachusetts Attorney General …
July 26, 2022
A Rhode Island-based job placement service company will pay $230,000 in penalties under a data security settlement reached with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office. The settlement cites the company’s failure to have and implement a proper written security program …
May 27, 2022
Massachusetts has sued more than a dozen companies involved in the manufacture or marketing of so-called forever chemicals, alleging they knowingly polluted the environment and endangered public health, state Attorney General Maura Healey said Wednesday. The companies have known about …
May 25, 2022
Exxon Mobil Corp. has lost another round in its fight to stop states from pursuing claims that it has deceived investors and the public regarding its products and climate change. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed a trial court …
May 16, 2022
A coalition of 16 state attorneys general is supporting a Fairfax County, Virginia school board that has been challenged in court for implementing a new high school admissions policy that aims to increase diversity of all kinds, including racial diversity. …
March 15, 2022
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.’s effort to stop Massachusetts and New York from probing whether the oil company lied to investors and the public regarding what it knew about climate change. The 2nd U.S. Circuit …
March 9, 2022
GM Financial, an automobile financing company, has agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to resolve allegations that the company’s business practices violated Massachusetts state consumer protection laws. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office alleged that Americredit Financial Services, Inc., d/b/a …
November 1, 2021
A unit of French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA on Friday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general claiming it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. Publicis Health had called Attorney …
October 15, 2021
The former owners of a Salem property recklessly cut corners that probably led to the release of asbestos during demolition at the site, the state attorney general’s office said in a lawsuit. The office alleges in the suit, filed this …