Department of the Attorney General

10/4/2024: MAJOR DRUG TESTING LABORATORY AGREES TO PAY $27 MILLION TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF UNNECESSARY DRUG TESTING AND ILLEGAL KICKBACKS

9/25/2024: STATE OF HAWAIʻI FILES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NORTH SHORE HOMEOWNER AFTER PART OF HOME COLLAPSES INTO THE OCEAN

9/25/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ APPLAUDS HAWAIʻI SUPREME COURT DECISION UPHOLDING PROHIBITION OF SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS

9/13/2024: HAWAIʻI ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF LAHAINA FIRE INVESTIGATION ANALYSIS: NO SINGLE FACTOR, BUT COMPLEX INTERACTION OF FACTORS, LED TO MAUI FIRE DEVASTATION

9/10/2024: AG LOPEZ JOINS MULTISTATE COALITION URGING SURGEON GENERAL WARNING ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

9/6/2024: NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS CRUCIAL LAWS REGULATING CONCEALED CARRY OF FIREARMS

9/4/2024: CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED ON WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER LOCATION

8/30/2024: DEPT. OF THE AG ARRESTS AND CHARGES THREE FOR ALLEGED FORGERY OF OVER $1 MILLION IN FRAUDULENT CHECKS

8/30/2024: FORMER WAIĀKEA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT

7/19/2024: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SEARCHING FOR SEX OFFENDER WHO FAILED TO REGISTER LOCATION

7/9/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ SHARES RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS FOLLOWING THE CHANGE HEALTHCARE (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP) CYBERATTACK

7/3/2024: ELEVEN ENDANGERED MISSING CHILDREN AND YOUTH SAFELY RECOVERED ON OʻAHU DURING MULTIAGENCY OPERATION SHINE THE LIGHT

6/21/2024: JURY CONVICTS OʻAHU MAN OF COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR

6/14/2024: STATEMENT FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ ON U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN MIFEPRISTONE ABORTION MEDICATION CASE

6/4/2024: MAUI COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR GREEN’S EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING

6/3/2024: HAWAIʻI INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE HONORED WITH TOP PENTAGON AWARD FOR MILITARY PARTNERSHIP COMBATING CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CRIMES  AWARD  AWARD RECIPIENTS

5/24/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ TAKES ACTION TO DEFEND PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT WORKERS

5/23/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ JOINS COALITION TO DEFEND EPA’S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES

5/23/2024: OʻAHU WOMAN CHARGED WITH LABOR TRAFFICKING

5/23/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ ANNOUNCES WINNER OF HAWAI‘I MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY POSTER CONTEST  2024 Hawaii NMCD Poster Contest Poster Winner – Kiana Kon  Amanda-Kiana-Leina

5/21/2024: STATE AWARDED MORE THAN $900 MILLION AGAINST MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS OF PLAVIX

5/06/2024: WOMAN CRIMINALLY CHARGED FOR ALLEGED THEFT AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF MORE THAN $44,000 IN UNION MEMBERS’ DUES PAYMENTS

4/30/2024: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES ANNUAL FIREARM REGISTRATION STATISTICS

4/25/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ URGES UNITEDHEALTH GROUP TO HELP PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS HARMED BY CYBERATTACK

4/18/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL PARTNERS WITH DEA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY

4/17/2024: HAWAIʻI ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ RELEASES FIRST PHASE OBJECTIVE, SCIENCE-BASED FACTS RELATED TO THE MAUI FIRE INVESTIGATION

4/16/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ JOINS COALITION DEFENDING VOTING RIGHTS ACT FROM ATTACK IN GEORGIA REDISTRICING CASE

4/12/2024: BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES PREVAILS ON APPEAL IN EAST MAUI WATER CASE

4/02/2024: SCAM ALERT: SCAMMERS IMPERSONATING ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATORS IN ATTEMPT TO STEAL MONEY

3/20/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ JOINS MULTISTATE COALITION LETTER URGING CONGRESS TO FIX HEMP LANGUAGE IN U.S. FARM BILL

3/18/2024: STATE OF HAWAIʻI PREVAILS ON APPEAL IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT CONCERNING PORTLOCK ACCRETED LAND

3/18/2024: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES APRIL 17 RELEASE DATE FOR MAUI WILDFIRE PHASE ONE REPORT 

3/6/2024: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS AND SUBMITTING FAKE ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS TO INVESTIGATORS

2/15/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ CALLS ON FDA TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM LEAD AND OTHER TOXIC METALS IN BABY FOOD

2/09/2024: STATE ONCE AGAIN PREVAILS IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT CONCERNING THE VILLAGES AT AINA LE‘A

2/07/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ HAILS HAWAIʻI SUPREME COURT DECISION UPHOLDING CONSTITUTIONALITY OF “PLACE TO KEEP” FIREARMS LAWS

2/02/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ ANNOUNCES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH NATIONAL MARKETING FIRM PUBLICIS OVER ROLE IN OPIOID EPIDEMIC

1/30/2024: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PREVAILS IN DANNENBERG CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT

1/25/2024: DEPT. OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OBTAINS TRO HALTING UNPERMITTED NORTH SHORE BEACH CONSTRUCTION

1/22/2024: JURY FINDS JUSTIN JOSHUA SERRANO EUGENIO GUILTY OF COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR

1/19/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ JOINS MULTISTATE COALITION URGING FCC RESTRICT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE IN MARKETING PHONE CALLS

1/16/2024: ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ JOINS MULTISTATE COALTION URGING BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED CIGARS

1/05/2024: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PROVIDES KEY LEGISLATORS WITH REPORT REGARDING CANNABIS LEGALIZATION