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This Week in Seattle: AG won’t stop suing Trump, Amazon HQ to host homeless shelter, new bike shares ride into town

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 at 8:27 am1 Comment

Mayoral candidates line up in the wake of Murray’s exit Seattle Mayor Ed Murray ended his bid for re-election Tuesday because of a lawsuit and related claims that he sexually… Read More

Melinda Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Bob Ferguson land on Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 at 9:28 amComment

Tucked away in a far corner of the country, Seattle hasn’t always been considered an epicenter of global influence. But it certainly is now. The success of the region’s tech… Read More

Washington state asks for a hearing to block Trump’s new travel ban before it goes into effect

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 at 10:25 amComment

Lawyers for the Department of Justice and Washington state may be back in front of the federal judge who issued an injunction on President Donald Trump’s original travel ban as early… Read More

Washington state AG says he’ll keep fighting Trump’s travel ban and expects continued support from tech community

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 at 12:32 pm 16 Comments

Washington state’s attorney general, Bob Ferguson, is asking a federal court to confirm that the temporary restraining order his office obtained last month to block President Donald Trump’s original travel… Read More

Washington state AG declares victory over President Trump in immigration case

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 at 2:58 pm 3 Comments

Bob Ferguson is declaring victory. Washington state’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson says President Trump is effectively conceding defeat in a lawsuit brought by Ferguson’s office, with the announcement today that… Read More

Reports: White House considers rewriting immigration order instead of going directly to Supreme Court

by Jillian Stampher on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 at 3:10 pm1 Comment

It looks like President Donald Trump’s promise to “SEE YOU IN COURT” might have been an empty threat. A day after the Ninth Circuit Court ruled to maintain Washington state’s… Read More

Watch: ‘So-called judge’ hears arguments and rules on President Trump’s immigration order

by Todd Bishop on February 5, 2017February 6, 2017 at 7:52 am 7 Comments

A federal judge’s ruling on Friday, temporarily suspending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, is having an impact across the nation this weekend as some people who were blocked… Read More

Washington AG explains how Amazon, Expedia, and Microsoft influenced crucial victory over Trump

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 3, 2017February 6, 2017 at 7:53 am 4 Comments

Washington state secured a temporary restraining order on Friday that immediately halted implementation of President Trump’s executive immigration order nationwide — and Amazon, Expedia, and Microsoft “certainly helped the case,” according to… Read More

Court filings: Expedia and Amazon make the case against Trump’s immigration order

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 30, 2017February 6, 2017 at 7:59 am 19 Comments

Amazon and Expedia filed declarations supporting Washington state’s lawsuit over President Trump’s controversial immigration ban Monday evening. The statements outline how each Seattle-area technology company is adversely affected by Trump’s… Read More

Washington state sues Trump over immigration order with support from Amazon and Expedia

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 30, 2017February 6, 2017 at 7:59 am 43 Comments

Tension is mounting between the two Washingtons. Today, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced he is filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump, officials in his administration and the Department of… Read More

Comcast battles Washington AG’s lawsuit, citing ‘profound’ flaws and $3.6B in possible damages

by David Bowermaster on October 2, 2016October 2, 2016 at 6:00 pmComment

Two months after Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a $100 million lawsuit accusing Comcast of 1.8 million violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act, the company has fired… Read More

Julep CEO Jane Park blasts Washington State AG over characterization of lawsuit settlement, calls it ‘unethical’

by Kurt Schlosser on September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 at 4:11 pm 4 Comments

Julep, the Seattle-based beauty products company, has settled a lawsuit with Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office over deceptive business practices. But Jane Park, the company’s founder and CEO,… Read More

Comcast sued for $100M by Washington state AG, alleging 1.8M violations of consumer protection law

by Todd Bishop & Taylor Soper on August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 at 12:23 pm 14 Comments

Post updated below with news conference video and copy of complaint. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson this morning announced a $100 million consumer protection lawsuit against Comcast. “The lawsuit accuses… Read More

Washington state AG: Body-worn cameras don’t require consent

by Taylor Soper on November 25, 2014November 26, 2014 at 8:51 am 3 Comments

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that police officers with body-worn cameras do not need consent from citizens to record their conversations and actions — even inside of homes.… Read More

Washington AG sues audio language learning product maker Pimsleur Approach for ‘deceptive marketing tactics’

by Taylor Soper on September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 at 5:24 pm 3 Comments

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a lawsuit against a Philadelphia-based online company called Stroll for using “deceptive marketing tactics to lure millions of customers nationwide,” including more than… Read More

Kickstarter fraud: Washington files first consumer protection lawsuit involving crowdfunding

by Taylor Soper on May 1, 2014May 4, 2014 at 8:05 am 26 Comments

If you raise money via Kickstarter and don’t deliver products you promised backers, the government will come after you. In what is the first consumer protection lawsuit involving crowdfunding, Washington… Read More

AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile plan to stop charging for “premium” texts

by Blair Hanley Frank on November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 at 5:33 pmComment

According to a press release put out by the Washington State Attorney General’s office today, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile have vowed to stop charging customers for the use of Premium… Read More

Google forks over $610K to Washington state for Safari browser tracking settlement

by Taylor Soper on November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 at 10:47 am 2 Comments

Google paid $610,600 to Washington state today after the Mountain View company reached a $17 million settlement with 37 states and Washington D.C. over privacy issues with Apple’s Safari web… Read More

T-Mobile needs to fix ‘deceptive’ no-contract ads, says Washington state AG

by Taylor Soper on April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 at 2:06 pm 7 Comments

The way T-Mobile USA is touting its shift away from wireless contracts has Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson seriously irked. So much so, in fact, that Ferguson demanded that… Read More