Press Releases: 2018

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr, chair of the Statewide Opioid Task Force, authored the following opinion editorial on Georgia's response to the opioid crisis. The piece was published in the Monday, April 16, 2018 editions of the Macon Telegraph and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.

ATLANTA, GA –Today marks the first day of the 7th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a two-week food and fund drive led by Georgia’s legal community.

ATLANTA, GA – An execution date for Robert Earl Butts has been set for May 3, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Attorney General Chris Carr offers the following information in the case against Robert Earl Butts for the 1996 murder of Donovan Corey Parks.

Scheduled Execution

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr and partners from metro Atlanta law firms joined today to celebrate the upcoming 2018 Georgia Legal Food Frenzy Competition with a luncheon hosted by Troutman Sanders.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced an $8.5 million settlement with National Check Resolution, Inc., resolving charges that the debt collection company committed multiple violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act

ATLANTA, GA – Governor Nathan Deal has proclaimed April as Financial Literacy Month in Georgia. Accordingly, Attorney General Chris Carr is encouraging Georgians to take advantage of the educational resources available through the Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr recently joined a letter to the U.S.

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr today commended the Georgia General Assembly for passing a measure to prevent unauthorized computer or computer network access.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr, along with a bipartisan group of 48 other attorneys general, today asked Congress to ease federal restrictions that limit states’ ability to investigate and prosecute the abuse and neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries.

ATLANTA, GA – The Georgia Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit has received a number of complaints about scammers posing as representatives from Publisher’s Clearing House.