Attorney General of Illinois Kwame Raoul
Recent News About Attorney General of Illinois Kwame Raoul
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Attorney General Raoul Reaches Settlement With Distribution Companies For Failure To Pay Overtime Wages
Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a consent decree resolving an investigation by the Attorney General’s office into the warehousing and distribution companies Global Trade Hub Inc. (GTH) and Eve Group Series LLC (Eve Group). These companies will pay $142,200 to resolve claims that they misclassified workers and failed to properly pay them overtime wages.
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Attorney General Raoul Releases Report Concluding Multi-Year Investigation Into Child Sex Abuse By Members Of Catholic Clergy In Illinois
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released a comprehensive report detailing decades of child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois. The report concludes a multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by members of the clergy in all six Catholic dioceses in Illinois. Attorney General Raoul’s report reveals names and detailed information of 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers who abused at least 1,997 children across all of the dioceses in Illinois.
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Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Supporting Federal Restriction That Prohibits Handgun Sales To Individuals Under 21
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today lead a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit supporting the federal government’s prohibition on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition by federally-licensed retailers to individuals under the age of 21.
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Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit Against Voice Service Provider For Illegal Robocalls
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed a lawsuit, alongside 48 attorneys general, against Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky and vice-president Stacey S. Reeves, for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule and other federal and state telemarketing and consumer laws.
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Attorney General Raoul Calls For Passage Of Federal Legislation To Protect Communities From Rise In Illicit Xylazine Use
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general, submitted a letter to urge Congressional leadership in Washington D.C. to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act (H.R.1839/S.993), legislation which would provide critical measures to combat the widespread illicit use and trafficking of xylazine and help prevent xylazine-related deaths.
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Attorney General Raoul’s Legislation To Hold Gun Industry Accountable For Unlawful Consumer Practices Headed To Governor’s Desk
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today applauded the Senate’s passage of his Firearm Industry Responsibility Act to hold the gun industry accountable for unlawful sales and marketing tactics. House Bill 218, sponsored by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, will next go to the governor for approval.
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Attorney General Raoul Applauds General Assembly Passage Of Legislation Increasing Oversight Of Health Care Market Consolidations
Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the Illinois General Assembly’s passage of his legislation to increase oversight of health care transactions, namely mergers and acquisitions, that include health care facilities and large provider organizations, which can lead to higher prices for health care services while quality of care worsens or remains stagnant.
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Attorney General Raoul Applauds Senate Committee Passage Of Legislation To Hold Gun Industry Accountable For Unlawful Consumer Practices
Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the Senate Executive Committee passage of his Firearm Industry Responsibility Act to hold the gun industry accountable for unlawful sales and marketing tactics.
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Attorney General Raoul Obtains Guilty Pleas In Fayette County Child Pornography Ring
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a Vandalia, Illinois couple pleaded guilty in Fayette County Circuit Court to possessing and disseminating child pornography. The 2021 case was a result of an investigation Raoul’s office conducted into an alleged child pornography ring operating in Fayette County and is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child pornography online.
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Attorney General Raoul Obtains Guilty Plea In Case Stemming From Ongoing Investigation Into Suburban Drug, Gun Activity
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a DuPage County man pleaded guilty to a weapons charge that was the result of an ongoing investigation involving illegal firearm and drug sales throughout several Chicagoland counties.
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Attorney General Raoul Supports Federal Effort To Protect Transgender Athletes
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in support of robust anti-discrimination protections for transgender students. Raoul and the coalition submitted a comment letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona expressing support for aspects of a proposed national rule that would prohibit schools from excluding transgender students from school sports at institutions that receive federal funding.
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Attorney General Raoul Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Preserve Consumer Protection Watchdog
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 24 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to overturn a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit decision that threatens the future operation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the viability of more than 10 years of the agency’s regulatory and enforcement actions.
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Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement After Federal Appeals Court Grants Emergency Stay In Protect Illinois Communities Act Lawsuit
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement after a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit granted an emergency motion to stay a Southern District of Illinois’ preliminary injunction order in Barnett et al. v. Raoul and Kelly.
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Attorney General Raoul Announces Distribution Of Settlement Funds To Millions Of Americans Deceived By Turbotax Owner Intuit
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced Illinois consumers deceived into paying for tax services that were available for free will soon begin receiving settlement checks from a nationwide multistate settlement with TurboTax owner Intuit Inc. (Intuit).
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Attorney General Raoul Applauds Passage Of Bill To Protect Consumers From Utility Disconnections
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today applauded the General Assembly’s passage, with a bi-partisan vote in the Senate, of his legislation to protect vulnerable residents from gas or electric utility service disconnections for nonpayment of bills when temperatures are 90 F or above, or when the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat watch, heat advisory or excessive heat warning.