ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit against 13 manufacturers of PFAS chemicals, arguing that they deceptively marketed and sold chemicals that were dangerous to the environment and to individuals’ health. She also sued two companies she alleges shielded the manufacturers’ assets through corporate transactions designed to avoid legal liability. “I am suing today […]
Attorney General Maura Healey
Posted inGuns
Healey backs Mexico in case against gun manufacturers
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE RETURNING TO AN ISSUE that was at the center of her first campaign, Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of state prosecutors on Tuesday in the filing of a brief in US District Court supporting Mexico in its consumer protection case against seven gun manufacturers and a Massachusetts-based gun distributor. […]
Posted inThe Download
Was Baker talking a bit of trash about Healey?
Gov. Charlie Baker was talking on Monday about what makes him run for elected office, but it seemed like he also could have been talking a bit of trash about one of his potential rivals. On the Boston Public Radio show, Jim Braude asked the governor yet again whether he intended to run for reelection. […]
Posted inPolitics
Was Baker talking a bit of trash about Healey?
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER was talking on Monday about what makes him run for elected office, but it seemed like he also could have been talking a bit of trash about one of his potential rivals. On the Boston Public Radio show, Jim Braude asked the governor yet again whether he intended to run for reelection. But this […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge dismisses criminal charges against Bennett Walsh
A HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT judge on Monday dismissed all criminal charges against former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home superintendent Bennett Walsh and medical director David Clinton for their roles in the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the home. Attorney General Maura Healey had filed charges against the two top Soldiers’ Home officials alleging that their reckless conduct in […]
Posted inHealth Care
Healey says Mass General Brigham expansion will net $385m annual profit
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM’S proposed expansion into the suburbs would net the health system an estimated $385 million a year in profits, according to a report released Wednesday by Attorney General Maura Healey, raising questions about the expansion’s impacts on overall health care costs in the state. Healey spokesperson Jillian Fennimore said the attorney general’s office has a legal mandate to […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
Sackler family members to pay $4.3b settlement — $90m to Mass.
MEMBERS OF THE Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma will pay $4.3 billion to settle a lawsuit over Purdue’s role in perpetuating the opioid addiction epidemic, a lawsuit first initiated by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in 2018. The company will have to disband or be sold by 2024, and the Sackler family members will be […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics
Healey expands call for mandatory vaccinations
ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey, who has said COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for public employees, indicated on Wednesday that she believes inoculations should be mandatory for at least some private workers as well. She specifically mentioned health care workers. The issue has become a key philosophical difference between Healey and Gov. Charlie Baker, who has […]
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SJC: Healey can continue pursuing Facebook documents
MASSACHUSETTS’ HIGHEST COURT gave Attorney General Maura Healey a green light to continue pursuing internal documents from Facebook, as she investigates whether the company misused the personal data of users. The Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday ruled that Healey may be entitled to subpoena information obtained by Facebook’s own internal investigation and sent the case […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
Mass. to get $13.2m from McKinsey opioid settlement
MASSACHUSETTS WILL get $13.2 million from a national settlement with consultant McKinsey & Company over the company’s role working for opioid companies. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who has been a leader in the opioid-related litigation, called the settlement “an important moment for accountability” for families who have been devasted by opioid addiction. The Massachusetts […]