#Hawaii attorney general

A quick look at business-related news stories from throughout the state.

The coalition highlights that a more comprehensive solution is necessary because merchants continue to use Shopify’s services to sell illegal e-cigarettes.

Hawaiʻi could receive up to $2.4 million as part of a $720 million nationwide settlement with eight drug manufacturers over their role in the opioid crisis.

Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in releasing the a statement reacting to what she called the “unlawful deployment” of California National Guard against protestors in California.

The “important milestone” brings the merger closer to reality as DOT looks at the airlines’ interim exemption application.

Google will pay $630 million in restitution, minus costs and fees, to consumers who made purchases on the Google Play Store between August 2016 and September of this year and were harmed by anti-competitive practices.

The attorneys general assert that Meta’s business practices violate state consumer protection laws and the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. These practices have harmed and continue to harm the physical and mental health of children and teens and have fueled what the U.S. Surgeon General has deemed a “youth mental health crisis,” which has ended lives, devastated families, and damaged the potential of a generation of young people.

Firefighters continue working to extinguish flare-ups and contain fires in Lāhainā, Pūlehu/Kīhei and Upcountry Maui.

In 2016, the states filed a complaint against Indivior alleging that it used illegal means to switch the Suboxone market from tablets to film, while attempting to destroy the market for tablets, in order to preserve its drug monopoly.

Drug take-back sites will be located at the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Station parking lot and the Ka Waena Lapa‘au Medical Complex in Hilo.

Attorney General Anne Lopez has signed a letter addressed to the Biden Administration, which calls for the elimination of Trump-era policies.

Scammers are calling Hawaiʻi residents pretending to be FBI agents and claiming they will be arrested if they don’t immediately pay unpaid fines by using Bitcoin, other cryptocurrency or other methods. 

Hawai‘i Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a group of 20 Attorneys General in filing a friend of the court brief supporting the federal government’s efforts to regulate “ghost guns,” the AG’s Office announced Friday, Sept. 2.

HPD arrested more than 30 people during the first week of a protest blocking Maunakea Access Road in an attempt to stop the construction of TMT.

The Democratic Attorneys General Association welcomes Clare Connors to the Democratic Attorneys General Association.

Gov. David Ige has appointed Clare Connors to be the attorney general of the State of Hawaiʻi on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, subject to senate confirmation.

The DOJ is allocating two new assistant U.S. attorney positions to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawai‘i.

The Hawai‘i State Senate voted unanimously to advise and consent on Russell Suzuki as the Attorney General for the State of Hawai‘i

Gov. David Ige has appointed Russell Suzuki to serve as Hawai‘i’s attorney General.

Democratic candidate Doug Chin (Hawai‘i-01), the state’s attorney general, will succeed Shan Tsutsui as the 13th lieutenant governor of Hawai‘i.