Attorney General Donovan & State’s Attorney Hughes to Host Franklin County Expungement Clinic on November 19th
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan announced today that Jason Muxlow, 42, of Westminster, Vermont was arraigned on October 5, 2021 on five felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse materials. According to documents filed with the court, the Vermont’s Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce (VT-ICAC) received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which indicated that someone had uploaded images containing child sexual abuse material to various online platforms.
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, (802) 828-3171
Letter Expresses Concern About Companies’ Knowledge of Dangers to Youth, Especially Girls
Attorney General T.J. Donovan is co-leading a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general expressing strong support for the hearings being conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee addressing protection and safety of kids and teens using social media.
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, (802) 828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, (802) 828-3171
After a letter sent by Attorney General T.J. Donovan and other attorneys general in May, Facebook today announced that it will pause its development of its Instagram app designed for children, “Instagram Kids.”
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
In a significant decision issued today, the Vermont Supreme Court held that the Vermont Constitution protects Vermonters accused of a crime in state court, even when the evidence leading to the criminal charge was first obtained by a federal border patrol agent on “roving patrol” near the Canadian border.
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, (802) 828-3171
CONTACT: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, (802) 828-3171
Amicus Brief Rejects Texas Law Banning Abortions After Six Weeks
CONTACT: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, (802) 828-3171
Lawsuit Alleges Exxon, Shell, Sunoco, CITGO Misled Vermonters About Fossil Fuels and Climate
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Coalition Argues “Fetal Heartbeat” Abortion Regulations Harm Women’s Healthcare
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Contact: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Public hearings set for August 26th and 27th from 11am-1pm
Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced that his office has reached settlements with three different online sellers of electronic cigarettes for violations of Vermont’s Delivery Sales Ban and Consumer Protection Act. Under the settlements, the companies resolved claims that they sold electronic cigarettes, e-liquids, or other tobacco paraphernalia to individual consumers. As of July 1, 2019, it is illegal to sell electronic cigarettes and related vaping products over the internet to individual Vermont consumers.
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Vermont to Receive Roughly $60 Million from Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Johnson & Johnson
Contact: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
I am very pleased with the decision by Chittenden Superior Court today that the outstanding vacation time and paid time off (PTO) of the terminated workers at Koffee Kup Bakery and Vermont Bread Company amounts to wages that must be paid. These hardworking Vermonters are entitled to these funds rightfully earned.
In addition, I am pleased that the Court ordered payment of interest for these funds, which were rightfully owed to employees given the significant delay in payment.
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
‘Home Detention’ of Mr. Misch Requested
CONTACT: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
I do not support the proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan because it does not sufficiently hold the Sackler family accountable. The Sacklers are the founders and owners of Purdue Pharma, which sparked and fueled the opioid crisis. Through this bankruptcy plan, the Sacklers are leveraging their enormous wealth to obtain the protection of the bankruptcy court by having the court extinguish the states’ claims against the Sacklers.
Day of Awareness Occurs Each Year on June 15th
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Lauren Jandl, Assistant Director of Communications, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3172
Contact: Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
The Attorney General’s Office today announced Louis Fortier, 40, was arraigned in Chittenden Superior Court, Criminal Division, on one count of Murder in the First Degree. Mr. Fortier is accused of fatally stabbing Richard Medina, 43, on March 29, 2017, at the intersection of Church Street and Cherry Street in Burlington, Vermont.
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Attorney General T.J. Donovan today expressed disappointment when reacting to the plan Purdue Pharma filed in bankruptcy court. Along with 23 other states, Attorney General Donovan released the below statement:
“We are disappointed in this plan. While it contains improvements over the proposal that Purdue announced and we rejected in September 2019, it falls short of the accountability that families and survivors deserve.
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
MONTPELIER – Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced that Vermont, as part of a coalition of 41 attorneys general, has settled with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, doing business as American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”) resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach that exposed the personal information of over 7 million individuals, including 2,889 Vermont residents, and potentially exposed the personal information of up to 21 million individuals throughout the United States.
Contact: Lisa Jensen, Assistant Director of the Consumer Assistance Program, 800-649-2424.
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
“I am pleased with the Court’s ruling upholding Vermont’s ban on large capacity magazines. This is a win for common sense gun policies and for public safety.
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Concerned about identity theft? The best way to know that no one is using your personal information is to monitor your credit. The Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) recommends that Vermonters review their credit reports now, and regularly, to make sure that no unauthorized accounts are being reported.
Contact: Charity R. Clark, Chief of Staff, 802-828-3171
Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced recent environmental actions taken by his office to protect Vermont’s environment and issued the following statement: “Vermonters should know that my team will continue to protect our environment. We also know that the climate crisis is real and the time to act is now. We are glad to again have leadership in Washington that believes in science and protecting our natural world for future generations, but our work here in Vermont will continue.”