Robert Bosch LLC accused of harming consumers and undermining regulations by developing and selling unlawful “defeat devices”: Nashville-Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced that Bosch will pay the State of Tennessee $2,291,760 in consumer and environmental civil penalties. The agreement also includes precedent-setting injunctive terms and requires Bosch to maintain robust processes to monitor compliance and to refuse to accommodate requests for software development and programming that could result in the installation of defeat device software.

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has reached an agreement with Dr. Ricardo Causo which requires the Chattanooga pediatrician to pay the State of Tennessee $125,897.65.

Nashville- Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III today urged the U.S. Senate to enact the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation to curb illegal robocalls and spoofing. A coalition of 54 attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald, and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, sent a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation supporting the TRACED Act. The legislation is sponsored by Sens. John Thune and Ed Markey.

Allows certain consumers to have inquiry reviewed: Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III said Tennesseans who have not yet been made whole through other Wells Fargo settlement remediation programs can now register a complaint with Wells Fargo for possible relief.

Knox County Circuit Court Judge Kristi M. Davis recently denied Purdue Pharma’s motion to dismiss and found that the State has set forth a cause of action for violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, violation of the 2007 Agreed Final Judgment, and creation of a public nuisance.

Nashville- “We are pleased with the Court’s decision and with its conclusion that there is no evidence of on-going systemic problems in TennCare’s process of making timely determinations of the eligibility of applicants for Medicaid coverage,” said Herbert H. Slatery III.

Nashville- Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and 45 Attorneys General reached a $120 million Consent Judgment with Johnson & Johnson and DePuy to resolve allegations DePuy unlawfully promoted its metal-on-metal hip implant devices, the ASR XL and the Pinnacle Ultamet.

The Neiman Marcus Group LLC has agreed to pay $1.5 million and implement policies to resolve an investigation with 43 states and the District of Columbia into the 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 Neiman Marcus stores in the United States.

Settlement will bring $493.7 million in debt relief for CEC students: For-profit education company Career Education Corp. (CEC) has agreed to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forego collecting more than $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationally, in a settlement with Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and 48 other attorneys general.

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has joined a bipartisan group of 38 state attorneys general in support of the FIRST STEP Act.

Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced today that Tennessee joined 42 states and the District of Columbia in reaching a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group Inc. and its subsidiaries Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC, one of the nation’s largest debt buyers.

“The ACA has been ruled constitutionally flawed in a federal district court decision which will be appealed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. It is important to point out the court did not issue an injunction. Therefore, nothing will change until the appeals are final. The Court also said the individual mandate was essential to the ACA and the ACA cannot stand without it. At the heart of this case is the Commerce Clause of our Constitution that, according to the court, prevents Congress from compelling Tennesseans to buy insurance, especially if they can’t afford it or don’t want it. Ultimately, it is up to Congress to provide lawful solutions to healthcare coverage, not just debate or campaign on it.”

Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III today announced Jonathan T. Skrmetti will join the Attorney General’s office as the Chief Deputy in January.

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is pleased to announce the swearing in of 14 assistant attorneys general today in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Tennessee State Capitol.

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III today joined a bipartisan group of 43 states and the District of Columbia urging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to promptly comply with a new provision of federal law that aims to address “synthetic identity fraud.”