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NC reaches $11M deal with EpiPen maker over price increases

At a press conference at the North Carolina Department of Justice on Thursday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that the state has reached an $11 million settlement with Mylan, the maker and distributor of the EpiPen, for a number of anti-competitive practices that allowed it to mark up the price by 6 times in the state in under a decade.

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Top NC court to decide whether AG gets second bite at Chemours apple

Few North Carolinians are likely to criticize state Attorney General Jeff Jackson for pursuing an environmental contamination lawsuit against DuPont and Chemours. They’re easy targets. Yet North Carolina’s Supreme Court will consider in the months ahead whether Jackson has exceeded his authority. The case’s outcome could have significant implications. It could clarify whether state government...

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Jackson, other state AGs push Congress to refund unlawful tariffs

On Wednesday, NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 11 other state attorneys general in a letter calling on Congress to refund businesses and consumers for increased costs, including $3.5 billion that he said was imposed on North Carolinians, after the Supreme Court ruled the federal government’s tariffs unlawful.

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