Massachusetts Attorney General

The owners of seven Dunkin' stores on the SouthCoast have been issued citations from the state Attorney General's office for allegedly violating child labor laws.

A Taunton-based health center and its former owners will pay nearly $1 million to MassHealth to resolve allegations from the state Attorney General's office that it allowed fraudulent claims.

Massachusetts' Attorney General has announced a $6.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that a Connecticut-based home security company trapped consumers in long-term, automatically renewed contracts and illegally collected debts.

A dental group with practices in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut — including four on the South Coast — has agreed to a $3.5 settlement in a lawsuit brought by the state Attorney General's office for allegedly deceptive advertising.

A 54-year-old Taunton man who owns a food and beverage vending machine company has pleaded guilty to defrauding third party buyers out of nearly $200,000.

The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has settled with a Rhode Island clinical laboratory over a purported kickback and false claims scheme that allegedly involved a laboratory in New Bedford.

In a very competitive Democratic primary to succeed Maura Healey as the Commonwealth's next Attorney General, Quentin Palfrey looks to set himself apart from his opponents with his experience and independence.

Attorney General Maura Healey has issued $1.5 million in penalties to the company that owns Family Dollar stores for allegedly violating labor laws on meal breaks in store locations statewide.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell wont' be running for state Attorney General, after previously stating he wasn't "ruling out" the possibility.

New Bedford Public Schools are among a handful of school districts in the state named as victims of snake oil hand sanitizer sales during the first months of the pandemic.