NAAG Submits Comment Letter on Beneficial Ownership Regulations

May 6, 2021

Our comments are consistent with the sense of Congress, which requires that regulations “to the greatest extent practicable… collect information in a form and manner that is reasonably designed to generate a database that is highly useful to… law enforcement agencies…” NDAA § 6402(8)(C).

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Alabama et al. v. Endo International, No. 3:19-cv-04157 (N.D. Cal. July 19, 2019)

January 25, 2021

Eighteen states reached a settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. under which Endo paid $2.3 million to settle allegations it entered into a reverse-payment agreement to obstruct generic competition to Lidoderm, a pain relief patch frequently used to treat shingles. According to the complaint, Endo had an agreement with Watson Laboratories Inc. ensuring Endo would not face…

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Settlement Agreement Between Plaintiff States and UBS (Dec. 21, 2018)

January 8, 2021

Forty plaintiff states reached a $68 million settlement with UBS for fraudulent conduct involving interest rate manipulation that had a significant impact on consumers and financial markets around the world. UBS’ fraudulent conduct involved the manipulation of LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate). LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate that affects financial instruments worth trillions…

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Attorneys General Urge Senate to Pass Law to Fight Shell Companies

October 26, 2020

As our States’ chief legal officers, we are concerned about the use of American financial institutions for money laundering by terrorist groups and other criminal enterprises.

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NAAG Endorses Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act

October 22, 2020

States and localities are on the front line of this crisis and are a large part of winning the battle from both a law enforcement and public health perspective.

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Maryland v. Bong Soo Ha, Civ. No. 148715 (Cir. Ct. For Montgomery Co. 1996)

October 9, 2020

Defendants met at various Korean restaurants and set the prices they would charge retailers for Korean language videos.

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Maryland Coastal Insulation, Inc., C.I. 290235009 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990)

October 9, 2020

Defendant agreed with others to submit rigged bids on asbestos abatement jobs.

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Maryland v. Hayes, C.I. 19012019 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).

October 9, 2020

Defendant agreed with others to submit rigged bids on asbestos abatement jobs.

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Maryland v. ARC Asbestos Removal Co., Coastal Insulation, Inc., Edward J. Hayes & Nicholas D. Thrappas, Civ. No. 90187046/CL 116120 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).

October 9, 2020

Civil Consent Decree following criminal bid-rigging guilty plea.

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Maryland v. Applied Construction, Inc., C.I. No. 29010101 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).

October 9, 2020

Bid-rigging of six sealed bids for asbestos removal services contracts totaling over $140,000.00.

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