Press Releases: 2021

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today joined 20 other state attorneys general in filing suit in United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to block President Biden’s unconstitutional and illegitimate attempt to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXLP).

ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr joined a letter today signed by 21 state attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) to take immediate action to ensure the American Rescue Plan Act (Act) does not strip States of their core authority to implement basic state tax policy.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is warning Georgians about a scam involving door-to-door sales of pine straw or mulch. Consumers have complained about disreputable landscapers coming to their door, claiming to have left-over pine straw or mulch from a previous job and offering it to the consumer at a heavily discounted rate.

ATLANTA, GA – Many Georgians are starting to think about summer travel plans. While some will opt for traditional hotel stays, many will look online in hopes of finding less expensive or more unique accommodations. Unfortunately, ads for online vacation rentals are not always what they seem. Our office is encouraging Georgians to exercise caution if choosing to book accommodations from an online platform.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Georgia, as part of a coalition of 41 Attorneys General, has settled with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a 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 306,826 Georgia residents, and potentially exposed the personal information of up to 21 million individuals throughout the United States.   

Attorney General Chris Carr, along with the Federal Trade Commission and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls (mostly illegal robocalls) claiming to support veterans, children and firefighters. The defendants collected more than $110 million using their deceptive solicitations. 

ATLANTA, GA —Today, Attorney General Chris Carr joined a coalition of 21 states in support of the constitutionality of a Tennessee law requiring a 48-hour waiting period before an abortion.

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that registration is open for the 10th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, a statewide virtual fundraising competition among Georgia’s lawyers to help end hunger across the state. The 2021 competition will take place April 19 – 30, and is managed in partnership with the Office of the Attorney General, the State Bar of Georgia, the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Food Bank Association. 

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is joining a group of federal, state and local government agencies and national consumer advocacy organizations in recognizing National Consumer Protection Week, February 28-March 6, 2021.

ATLANTA, GA – With so many people relying on the internet for teleworking and online learning, scammers are doubling down on tech support scams in an effort to steal people’s personal and financial information.