NOTICE REGARDING SERVICE
Due to the COVID-19 virus and Governor Ralph Northam's Declaration of a State of Emergency for Virginia, the Office of the Attorney General is not accepting in-person service. If you are attempting to serve the Office of the Attorney General, please email your documents to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Recent NewsAttorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a group of 17 state Attorneys General to defend a Texas county clerk’s decision to send mail-in voting applications to registered voters ahead of the November election.
September 24 - Herring Outlines Protections Against Voter Intimidation Attorney General Mark R. Herring has issued an advisory opinion outlining protections in both state and federal law against voter intimidation in response to “reports of activity near polling places that led some voters to fear for their safety while waiting to cast their vote, or led them to believe that they would be harmed for supporting a particular candidate.”
September 24 - Herring Reaches $60 Million Multistate Settlement with C.R. Bard Attorney General Mark R Herring announced today that the Virginia, along with 47 other states and the District of Columbia, has reached a $60 million settlement with C.R. Bard, Inc.(“C.R. Bard”) and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Company, to resolve allegations surrounding the deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices.
September 24 - Herring Supports States’ Authority to Regulate Price Gouging Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to support states’ authority to enforce price gouging regulations to protect consumers during emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of Housing and Development’s (HUD) new proposed rule that would weaken protections for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in HUD-funded shelters.
September 21 - Virginia and North Carolina Reach Settlement Over Dan River Spill Attorney General Herring, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have entered into a consent decree to finalize the restoration plan and environmental assessment related to the 2014 Dan River spill.
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