Press Releases: 2017

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr today announced additional ways consumers can protect themselves following the Equifax data breach.

ATLANTA, GA — Attorney General Chris Carr recently joined a multistate coalition in supporting the right of individual states to prohibit sanctuary cities within their borders.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today cautioned Georgians in the market for a vehicle to be aware that many of the flood-damaged cars from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will be recycled into the used car market. Such vehicles are often sold at auction and then wind up on used car lots.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the bipartisan coalition of attorneys general looking into the opioid epidemic is seeking documents and information from manufacturers of prescription opioids.

ATLANTA, GA—Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the state of Georgia joined a coalition of 37 states and territories asking health insurance companies to examine financial incentives that contribute to the opioid epidemic in Georgia.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently upheld the practice of lawmaker-led prayer.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the state of Georgia is taking an active role, working with a large group of other states, to investigate the issues surrounding the Equifax data breach.

ATLANTA, GA - The recent data breach at Equifax, one of the nation’s three major credit reporting agencies, has exposed the personal information of over 143 million Americans and approximately 5 million Georgians.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is warning consumers to be on the lookout for scams in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

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ATLANTA, GA –Attorney General Chris Carr today announced the indictment of two following an investigation into stolen United States Treasury checks.