News & Updates
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $186,000+ for Hotel Restaurant Workers & DC
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that IHG Management LLC (IHG) must pay more than $186,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to provide accurate, honest, timely, and transparent compensation policies to workers at Moon Rabbit when it was owned and operated by IHG at the…
Attorney General Schwalb Holds Pest Control Company Accountable for Polluting District with Toxic Chemicals
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Kenmore Pest Control & Termite Services LLC (Kenmore) will pay $137,000 in penalties and environmental clean-up costs to resolve allegations that it repeatedly and illegally applied pesticides, endangering District residents and damaging…
Attorney General Schwalb Issues Statement on Google Antitrust Lawsuit Ruling
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today issued the below statement following the United States District Court’s ruling that Google, LLC (Google) has illegally maintained monopolies in multiple markets. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and a bipartisan coalition of 37 other state…
Attorney General Schwalb Sues StubHub for Deceptive Pricing & Junk Fees
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today filed a lawsuit against StubHub, Inc. (StubHub), an online ticket exchange and resale platform, to put an end to StubHub’s deceptive and unfair practice of hiding mandatory fees from consumers until the end of a lengthy purchase process, and then failing…
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $3.75 Million in District's Largest-Ever Workers' Rights Enforcement Action
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has secured the largest recovery in a workers’ rights enforcement action in District history.
Attorney General Schwalb Secures More Than $525,000 for Restaurant Workers & DC in Wage Theft Lawsuit
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Swahili Village M Street, LLC (Swahili Village DC) and its owner, Kevin Onyona, must pay $526,973 to restaurant workers and DC to resolve a 2023 wage theft lawsuit. In its lawsuit, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleged that…
Attorney General Schwalb Introduces Legislation to Protect Personal Health Data of District Consumers and Strengthen Privacy Laws
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today introduced the Consumer Health Information Privacy Protection Act of 2024 (“CHIPPA”), legislation to protect District consumers’ personal health data by requiring certain entities that fall outside of the federal Health Insurance Portability and…
Attorney General Schwalb Introduces Legislation to Improve Safety and Security at District Apartment Buildings Impacted by Crime
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today introduced the Secure Apartments For Everyone (SAFE) Regulation Amendment Act to improve safety and reduce incidents of crime at District apartment complexes.
Attorney General Schwalb Leads Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Uphold Federal Ghost Gun Regulations
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry, and New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin co-led a group of 24 attorneys general urging the US Supreme Court to uphold a federal rule regulating ghost guns—untraceable weapons often made at…
Attorney General Schwalb Leads Coalition Urging Court to Uphold FTC's Ban on Deceptive TurboTax Advertising
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in support of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order that bars Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, from deceptively advertising “free” tax preparation…