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AG Anne Lopez: ‘The FTC and Congress must act to ensure fulsome regulation of PBMs nationwide’
State Attorney General Anne Lopez (D-Hawaii) sent a letter to U.S. Congressional leadership this week saying Congress should “act to ensure fulsome regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
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Judge Sides With State In Lawsuit Regarding Alleged “strip Search” In Charter School
Hawai‘i Circuit Court Judge Kevin T. Morikone has granted summary judgment in favor of Kapolei Charter School and its director Wanda Villareal, the Department of Education, and the Hawai‘i State Public Charter School Commission— the defendants in a lawsuit regarding an alleged “strip search” of three students.
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State Of Hawai‘i And City & County Of Honolulu Prevail In Case Regarding Vulgarity On Vanity Plates
he U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the State of Hawai‘i and the City and County of Honolulu in a lawsuit challenging state and local rules prohibiting the use of expletives on personalized license plates, finding that the relevant state and local rules are constitutional.
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Department Of The Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Registration Statistics
The Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General released its annual report on June 20 detailing statewide and county firearm registration statistics for calendar year 2022.
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Department Of The Attorney General Prevails In Federal Challenge To Hemp Regulations
he U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi entered judgment in favor of the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) and the Director of Health in a lawsuit challenging DOH’s regulations prohibiting the sale of Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC products processed from hemp.
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Attorney General Lopez Announces Settlement With Suboxone Maker For Alleged Illegal Monopoly Tactics
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez announced that 42 attorneys general have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. (Indivior).
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Attorney General Lopez Announces Winner Of Hawaiʻi Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest
Attorney General Anne Lopez, the Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General’s Missing Child Center - Hawai‘i (MCCH) and Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force are pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Hawaiʻi Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest on May 25 on National Missing Children’s Day: Caz Kashimoto, a fifth grader of Kāneʻohe, Hawai‘i.
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Attorney General Lopez Sues Avid Telecom Over Illegal Robocalls
Attorney General Anne Lopez on May 23, sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people and violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other federal and state telemarketing and consumer laws.
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Settlement Reached In Federal Suit Concerning Sexual Assault And Harassment At Women’s Community Correctional Center
$2 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by six women who were the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment by former Adult Corrections Officers (ACOs) at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC).
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Attorney General Lopez Names Kalikoʻonālani D. Fernandes The New Solicitor General Of Hawaiʻi
Attorney General Anne Lopez has announced that Kalikoʻonālani D. Fernandes will be the next Solicitor General for the State of Hawa
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State Land Use Commission Prevails in Hawaii Supreme Court Case Regarding Special Permit for Overnight Camp on Prime Agricultural Land
In a victory for the Hawaiʻi Land Use Commission, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court issued a decision supporting the Land Use Commission’s position on the issuance of special permits for overnight camps on prime agricultural land.
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2023-02: Attorney General’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Division Joins Fight Against Human Trafficking
On the first National Human Trafficking Awareness Day since its creation, the Department of the Attorney General’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Division (“SIPD”) recognizes the necessity of stamping out human trafficking in Hawaiʻi, and the challenges that lay ahead.
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Attorney General Joins U.S. Supreme Court Brief in Support of the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Cancellation Plan
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the federal government in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, concerning the Biden Administration’s targeted cancellation of student loan debt to address the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Press Release 2022-36 Attorney General Shikada files Enforcement Actions Against Two Alleged Illegal Robocallers
Attorney General Holly T. Shikada announced the national Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force is enforcing investigations into two voice service providers over alleged involvement in illegal robocalls.
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2022-35 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Enforcement Division (NED), in partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and other law enforcement agencies encourage the public to turn in their unused or expired medication for safe, anonymous disposal during its National Take-Back Initiative (NTBI) program.
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AG Shikada Joins Group of 20 Attorneys General Supporting Federal Rule to Help Stop of the Flow of Ghost Guns
Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a group of 20 Attorneys General in filing a friend of the court brief supporting the federal government’s efforts to regulate “ghost guns”: unserialized, untraceable weapons that are often made at home and purchased without background checks.