McDaniel on Payday Lenders: A Good Start, But a Long Way to Go

LITTLE ROCK– Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced a large response to the 156 letters sent March 18th to licensed payday lenders demanding they cease illegal lending practices in Arkansas. As of today, the Attorney General’s office has received direct word from fifty-two companies advising that they will comply with the laws of Ar...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Apr 8, 2008

ATTORNEY GENERAL MCDANIEL SUES ABBOTT AND FOURNIER FOR ILLEGIALLY BLOCKING GENERIC COMPETITION TO TRICOR

LITTLE ROCK– Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that the State of Arkansas has joined 18 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit charging Abbott Laboratories and French drug company Fournier with violating antitrust and consumer protection laws. The lawsuit alleges that Abbott Laboratories and Fournier took se...
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Posted under "News Releases" Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008

McDaniel Demands Termination of Payday Lending in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK– Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that he is sending letters to “payday lending” businesses operating under a license in Arkansas, asking them to stop the practice immediately. McDaniel defines “payday” lending as short term loans that charge interest in amounts that vastly exceed the usury limit imposed by the Constitu...
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Posted under "News Releases" Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008

ATTORNEY GENERAL DUSTIN MCDANIEL ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST BARR PHARMACEUTICALS

Little Rock, AR – Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced the settlement of a lawsuit against the drug company, Barr Pharmaceuticals. The lawsuit, joined by thirty-three other states, and the District of Columbia, alleged that Barr Pharmaceuticals and Warner Chilcott violated state and federal antitrust laws by taking steps that prevented ge...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008

MCDANIEL JOINS 28 OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SETTLING CONSUMER PROTECTION CLAIMS AGAINST CAREMARK

LITTLE ROCK- Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced that he along with Attorneys General from 28 other states, entered into a settlement of consumer protection claims against Caremark Rx, L.L.C., one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits management (PBM) companies. The States allege that Caremark engaged in deceptive business p...
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Posted under "News Releases" Friday, Feb 15, 2008

McDaniel Announces $11 Million Settlement With Drug Manufacturer Merck

LITTLE ROCK – Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced that the Arkansas Medicaid program will receive $11,371,948 as part of two separate global settlements totaling $649 million with Merck & Co., Inc.. The settlements involve 49 states, the District of Columbia and the federal government. Merck is the manufacturer of the drugs Zocor, ...
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Posted under "News Releases" Thursday, Feb 7, 2008

McDaniel Files Suit against Deceptive Veterans Charity

McDaniel Files Suit against Deceptive Veterans Charity LITTLE ROCK—Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced the filing of a consumer protection lawsuit against a Washington State-based organization which calls itself The American Veterans Coalition (“AVC”). The lawsuit alleges that AVC and its owners have conducted fraudulent...
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Posted under "News Releases" Thursday, Dec 13, 2007

McDaniel Files Suit Against Ferrellgas

McDaniel Files Suit Against Ferrellgas Deceptive Trade Practices Alleged LITTLE ROCK– Yesterday, the Attorney General’s office, on behalf of the State of Arkansas and 45,000 Arkansas Ferrellgas customers, filed suit against Ferrellgas for violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”). “I have gone to great le...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Dec 4, 2007

McDaniel First Arkansan Named Aspen-Rodel Fellow

LITTLE ROCK – Thursday, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will depart for Aspen, Colorado to participate in three days of meetings with the third class of the Aspen Institute's Rodel Fellows program. He is the first Arkansan selected as a Fellow. McDaniel will join one other attorney general, four lieutenant governors, and officials from various le...
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Posted under "News Releases" Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007

McDaniel to Supports Gun Ownership Rights for Citizens at High Court

McDaniel to Support Gun Ownership Rights for Citizens at High Court LITTLE ROCK— Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced his intent to support the Second Amendment as a “right to bear arms” for individuals, not just militia members, by joining a brief to be filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, the high court agreed to...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007

Attorney General McDaniel Files Suit Against Out-of-business Auto Dealership & Owner

Hyundai Dealership Failed to Pay Off Trade-in Vehicles and Failed to Honor other Commitments to Consumers LITTLE ROCK– Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel filed a lawsuit against McKay Motors, LLC as well as John P. McKay who operated McKay Hyundai in Pine Bluff. The lawsuit alleges that McKay Motors, through its dealership McKay Hy...
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Posted under "News Releases" Monday, Aug 27, 2007

Online Auction Scam Uncovered, Consumer Refunded Money

LITTLE ROCK – While online auction scams are not new, scammers are becoming more sophisticated and going to greater lengths to defraud consumers. Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel wants to draw attention to a particularly shocking scam in order to encourage Arkansans to exercise caution when shopping on Internet auction sites. Recently...
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Posted under "News Releases" Thursday, Aug 23, 2007

Attorney General McDaniel Announces Agreement with AOL

Company will refund consumers and modify its cancellation and retention practices LITTLE ROCK- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced an agreement with AOL requiring the company to make significant changes in honoring consumer cancellation requests and further ordering refunds for consumers. Arkansas served as a member of the Execut...
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Posted under "News Releases" Wednesday, Jul 11, 2007

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel Reaches Agreement with Trilegiant Corporation

Little Rock- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced a settlement with Trilegiant Corporation resolving allegations that the company tricked consumers into paying for membership programs providing for discounts on car and home repair, shopping, and other goods and services. The settlement resolves claims that Trilegiant solicited consumers...
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Posted under "News Releases" Friday, Jun 1, 2007

McDaniel Joins National Taskforce to Examine Legal & Policy Barriers to Ensuring School Safety

ATTORNEY GENERAL DUSTIN MCDANIEL JOINS NATIONAL TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE LEGAL AND POLICY BARRIERS TO ENSURING SCHOOL SAFETY LITTLE ROCK--Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced plans today to join a coalition of the nation’s state Attorneys General in a coordinated effort to examine legal issues related to school violence and safety. In ...
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Posted under "News Releases" Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Beware of “Free Money” Scams

LITTLE ROCK – Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued this consumer alert to warn Arkansans about a new scam soliciting "secret shoppers." Recently the Public Protection Department of the Office of the Attorney General has received several complaints and inquiries about this scam, in which consumers receive a solicitation via the mail alerti...
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Posted under "News Releases" Friday, Mar 23, 2007

Attorney General McDaniel to Return to Arkansas

Today Concludes Three Days of Meetings in DC LITTLE ROCK– Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will return today from Washington D.C. after three days of meetings with 47 other Attorneys General from around the country at the spring meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). While there he met with U.S. Attorney Gene...
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Posted under "News Releases" Wednesday, Mar 7, 2007

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel Announces $3.2 Million Settlement in Fraud Case

LITTLE ROCK– Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that pharmaceutical manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation of New Jersey, has paid $3.2 million in civil damages, fines and penalties for offenses against the Medicaid and Medicare programs. While the majority of the settlement went to the federal government, $986,902.18 was paid direc...
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Posted under "News Releases" Thursday, Feb 8, 2007

Attorney General McDaniel Recognizes Teen Dating Violence Week

AG's office to start new educational program LITTLE ROCK-- Today, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel recognized the week of February 5 as Arkansas Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. He also announced the Attorney General's office is developing a new educational program geared towards educating teens on warning sig...
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Posted under "News Releases" Monday, Feb 5, 2007

Attorney General's Office Wins in Supreme Court

Arkansas Safer as a Result of Today’s Decision LITTLE ROCK–The Arkansas Attorney General’s office won an important case today before the Arkansas Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision authored by Associate Justice Tom Glaze, the court held that Jeremy Eli Bailey, who had been charged with kidnapping and raping a 17 year old girl with ...
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Posted under "News Releases" Friday, Jan 26, 2007

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel Announces Legislative Package

Methamphetamine, Child Protection, and ID Theft Top Package LITTLE ROCK– Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced his legislative package and priorities for the 86th General Assembly. Fighting Methamphetamine, Child Protection and ID theft highlight his first package to present to the Legislature. McDaniel...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007

Attorney General McDaniel Targets Identity Theft

Today, newly elected Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced a proposal aimed at preventing identity theft that will be presented as part of his legislative package for the 2007 legislative session. "Essentially what you'll see is a package of bills that fall under the categories of consumer protection and/or law enforcement," McDaniel said...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Jan 9, 2007