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Published on July 16, 2025 - 20:46 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Helps Secure $202 Million Settlement with Gilead Over Kickback Scheme Involving HIV Medications

Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced today that Oregon has joined a multistate coalition in securing a $202 million settlement in principle with Gilead Sciences, Inc., resolving allegations that the pharmaceutical giant paid illegal kickbacks to health …

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Published on July 16, 2025 - 17:48 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Cutting Billions in Disaster Mitigation Funding

Attorney General Dan Rayfield today and a coalition of 20 states sued the Trump Administration over its decision to illegally shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) …

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Published on July 16, 2025 - 00:16 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield to Host Town Hall in Salem as Part of Federal Oversight Series

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield will host a public town hall Wednesday, July 23 at 6pm in Salem as part of his statewide “Federal Oversight Town Hall” series. The event is the 5th in a series focused on hearing directly from Oregonians who have been …

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Published on July 16, 2025 - 00:16 GMT

Oregon Attorney General Sues Public Officials and Community Leaders for Orchestrating Self-Dealing Broadband Sale from Non-Profit ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today filed a civil enforcement action against several public officials and community leaders for orchestrating the insider sale of a valuable broadband company—a subsidiary of a nonprofit originally created to serve …

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Published on July 15, 2025 - 09:34 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues Trump Administration for Freezing $6.8 Billion in Education Grants Just Weeks Before School ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield alongside a coalition of 20 other attorneys general sued the Trump Administration today over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S …

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Published on July 10, 2025 - 22:45 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Secures $720 Million from Eight Opioid Drug Makers

Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced approximately $720 million nationwide in settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. Based on the overwhelming participation by Attorneys General …

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Published on July 7, 2025 - 17:05 GMT

Oregon Releases 2024 Hate and Bias Annual Report Highlighting Concerning Trends and Shifts in Reporting

The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ), alongside the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), today released the 2024 Bias Crimes Annual Report, revealing complex and concerning developments in bias crime and incident reporting across the state. For …

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Published on July 3, 2025 - 23:28 GMT

Adult Foster Home Owner Pleads Guilty to Neglect and Theft Charges Involving Medicaid Recipients

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced that Brian Woodring, the former owner and operator of an adult foster home (AFH) for the developmentally disabled, has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges related to the neglect of vulnerable …

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Published on July 2, 2025 - 20:34 GMT

Oregon Leads Multi-State Legal Effort to Restore Funding for Humanities Programs Across the Country

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is leading a coalition of states, urging a federal court to stop the Trump administration from gutting federal support for public humanities programs that serve communities nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus …

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Published on July 1, 2025 - 21:20 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Sharing Personal Health Data with ICE

Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a multistate coalition today filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unfettered access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland …

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Published on July 1, 2025 - 18:29 GMT

More Oregonians Turning to Sanctuary Promise Hotline as Immigration Concerns Spike Statewide

The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) alongside the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) today released its 2024-2025 annual report on the Sanctuary Promise Hotline and statewide compliance with Oregon’s sanctuary laws, showing a dramatic increase in …

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Published on June 27, 2025 - 16:30 GMT

Supreme Court Limits Lower Court Injunctions, But Legal Challenge to Birthright Citizenship Ban Moves Forward

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today responded to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limits the authority of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions—but emphasized that the fight over the constitutionality of President Trump’s attempt to end …

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Published on June 26, 2025 - 22:21 GMT

Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Hotline Warns of New Phone Number Transfer Scam

The Oregon Department of Justice’s Consumer Hotline is warning Oregonians about a new scam involving unauthorized transfers of phone numbers to different wireless carriers. In the phone number porting cases reported, consumers received unexpected text …

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Published on June 25, 2025 - 01:10 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Joins Multi-State Letter Reaffirming Hospitals’ Duty to Provide Emergency Abortion Care Under ...

Attorney General Dan Rayfield today and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general sent a letter to the American Hospital Association reaffirming that hospitals across the country are legally obligated to provide emergency abortion care under the Emergency …

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Published on June 24, 2025 - 19:15 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal Attempts to Terminate Critical ...

Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced that he and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general are suing the Trump Administration over its unprecedented and unlawful attempts to invoke a single provision buried in the federal regulations to strip away …

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Published on June 17, 2025 - 17:33 GMT

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield to Host Town Hall in Lincoln City to Hear from those Impacted by Federal Actions

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield will host a public town hall Monday, July 7th at 6pm in Lincoln City as part of his statewide “Federal Oversight Town Hall” series. The event is the 4th in a series focused on hearing directly from Oregonians who have …

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Published on June 12, 2025 - 23:38 GMT

Clackamas County Grand Jury Finds Insufficient Evidence for Criminal Charges in Milwaukie Shooting Involving Police

The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced the conclusion of an investigation related to an officer involved shooting in September of 2024. A Clackamas County grand jury has found insufficient evidence to criminally charge two officers who shot …

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Published on June 12, 2025 - 18:24 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Attack on California’s Clean Vehicles Program

Attorney General Dan Rayfield alongside a coalition of 9 attorneys general filed a lawsuit today against the federal government, challenging the unprecedented and unlawful use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to disapprove California’s waivers for its …

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Published on June 12, 2025 - 18:24 GMT

Oregon Joins 20 States in Opposing Trump’s Unlawful Military Deployment in California

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 10 other attorneys general have filed a legal brief opposing former President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional attempt to federalize and deploy California’s National Guard. The amicus brief, filed in …

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Published on June 11, 2025 - 17:51 GMT

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Condemns Trump Administration for Unlawfully Deploying the California National Guard

Attorney General Dan Rayfield alongside a coalition of 16 attorneys general released the following statement condemning the Trump administration for unlawfully deploying the California National Guard against protestors in California, without coordination …

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