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Attorney General Schwalb Sues Childcare Center for Stealing Wages from Workers

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a wage theft lawsuit against Little Swalih Education Center Inc., formerly ...
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Attorney General Schwalb Secures $1.7 Million in Connection with Misclassification of Construction Workers

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that W.G./Welch Mechanical Contractors, LLC (Welch), a construction company ...
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Attorney General Schwalb Issues Statement Following Hearing in Lawsuit to End Illegal National Guard Deployment in DC

First Hearing in Federal Government’s Appeal After District Court Ruled That the Deployment Violates Federal Law Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the below statement following today’s hearing ...
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News & Updates

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a wage theft lawsuit against Little Swalih Education Center Inc., formerly known as Little Samaritan Child Development Center, Inc. (Little Samaritan) ...
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Equitable Land Use

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced the creation of a new Housing Protection and Affordability Initiative within the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) designed to streamline and ...
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High School Advisory Council (HSAC)

Established in 2019, the High School Advisory Council (HSAC) provides high school students with an opportunity to engage directly with the Office on issues affecting young people in the District. HSAC ...
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Consumer Alert: Identity Theft

While reviewing your credit card statement, you notice a series of charges that you do not recognize. You later get a collection call from a creditor for a late payment on an account that you never ...
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Consumer Alert: Questions and Answers on Abortion Care and Freedom of Expression in the District of Columbia

At the Office of Attorney General, we stand up for people’s rights, including their rights to access health care and to peacefully protest. The District has strong laws protecting people’s right to ...
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Attorney General Schwalb Secures $57 Million from Pepco for Anacostia River Contamination and Cleanup, Largest Environmental Settlement in DC History

Historic Settlement Funds Clean Up Costs, Requires Pepco to Remediate Buzzard Point and Benning Road Facilities, and Paves Way for Holding Other Responsible Parties Accountable for Causing Historic ...
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Attorney General Schwalb Secures $6.8 Million Judgment Against Slumlord; Nearly 100 DC Tenants Awarded Full Rent Refunds

Court Found Landlord Adolphe Edwards Responsible for 8,700+ Legal Violations at Apartment Complexes in Ward 4 and Ward 8 WASHINGTON, DC - Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that the ...
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AG Racine Files Lawsuit to Hold January 6 Insurrectionists Accountable & Stand Up for Harmed District Law Enforcement Officers

DC’s Civil Lawsuit is the First Filed by a Government Entity Against Proud Boys and Oath Keepers; Seeks Damages Caused by Violent & Deadly Attack WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine ...