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COURT ORDERS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESUME QUARTERLY OIL & GAS LEASING IN NORTH DAKOTA

March 28, 2023

Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley announced that U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor in Bismarck yesterday ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to resume conducting quarterly oil and gas lease sales in North Dakota that had been illegally cancelled by BLM.


STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DREW WRIGLEY, REGARDING WRIGLEY V. ROMANICK

March 16, 2023

N.D.C.C. 12.1-31-12, commonly known as the “trigger law,” was bi-partisan legislation passed by the 2007 Legislature and signed into law.


STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DREW WRIGLEY IN RESPONSE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITHDRAWL OF ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ DEATH PENALTY NOTICE

March 14, 2023

Alfonso Rodriguez is currently confined to the death row prison cell he earned by targeting, threatening and sexually assaulting women across three decades, before he kidnapped, beat, tied, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered Dru Sjodin, in November 2003.


WRIGLEY SETTLES WITH HEALTHCARE MINISTRY JERICHO SHARE

March 14, 2023

Attorney General Drew Wrigley today announced a settlement with House of Prayer and Life, Incorporated dba Jericho Share, Jericho Health Share, and JHS Community (“Jericho Share”) a Healthcare Sharing Ministry based in Houston, Texas.


WRIGLEY SHUTS DOWN JOHN SPILLER AND JACOB MEARS FOR MAKING MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS IN NORTH DAKOTA

March 6, 2023

Attorney  General  Drew  Wrigley  announced  judgments  shutting  down  a  vast  robocall  operation  involving  John  Caldwell  Spiller  II  and  his  business  partner  Jakob  Mears,  the  owners  of  Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC, as well as Rising Eagle Capital Group–Cayman. 


WRIGLEY SEEKS COURT APPROVAL FOR AGREEMENT WITH GLASSER IMAGES, LLC, JACK GLASSER, AND JACE SCHACHER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS BAN, CONSUMER RESTITUTION, AND CIVIL PENALTIES

January 26, 2023

Attorney General Drew Wrigley today announced that he has filed a proposed Consent Judgment with the Burleigh County District Court seeking approval of a settlement with Glasser Images, its owner Jack Glasser, and former employee Jace Schacher.


WRIGLEY BANS NU LIFE INSTITUTE LLC AND ITS OWNER EDWARD BACA III FROM CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN NORTH DAKOTA

January 19, 2023

Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced today that his office has issued a Cease and Desist Order against Nu Life Institute, LLC and Edward Baca III of Las Vegas, Nevada.


MEETINGS THAT CONSTITUTE A QUORUM MUST BE PROPERLY NOTICED

December 22, 2022

The Billings County Commission violated open meetings laws when it failed to provide notice of meetings attended by each of the commissioners during which they discussed public business.


WRIGLEY OBTAINS CONSUMER FRAUD JUDGMENT AGAINST GEORGE LAFAVE DOING BUSINESS AS BY GEORGE BUILDINGS

December 12, 2022

Attorney General Drew Wrigley announces that the Burleigh County District Court entered judgment against George Lafave of Bismarck, ND, doing business as By George Buildings, in its December 1, 2022, ruling.


TEACHERS AT SECTARIAN SCHOOLS MAY RECEIVE GRANTS FROM THE TEACHER SUPPORT SYSTEM

December 1, 2022

Article VIII, Section 5 of the North Dakota Constitution is not enforceable under United States Supreme Court caselaw, and therefore teachers at sectarian schools may receive grants from the Teacher Support System.