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Two California companies, Student Loan Counsel and Progress Advocates Group LLC, have been required to stop doing business in North Dakota after a joint federal and state investigation into fraudulent student loan consolidation and debt consolidation services.

The court battle over the Northwest Area Water Supply project unfortunately will continue, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. In August, the District Court in Washington, DC concluded that the Environmental Impact Statement for the NAWS project met the requirements of the National Environmental Protection Act. 

The Consumer Protection division obtained civil judgments against Jeremy Meyer of Fargo, doing business as JM Construction & Design, and Cody Fleckenstein of New Salem, dba Prefab Plus, LLC, banning them from doing business in ND for the foreseeable future.

Attorneys generals across the nation have joined together on two separate actions to address the opioid epidemic that has reached crisis proportions, announced  Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. “In North Dakota, there were 20 drug overdose deaths in 2013, and that number tripled to 61 in 2015,” said Stenehjem. “And it’s getting worse.”

Equifax urged to reimburse consumers for the costs of filing credit freezes.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem today joined with other Attorneys General from across the country in a letter to Equifax expressing serious concerns about the way it is responding to consumers in the wake of the massive data breach affecting 143 million people.

Nearly a Quarter of a Million North Dakotans Affected
In the wake of last week’s announcement by Equifax that personal information of more than 143 million Americans may have been stolen by hackers, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem urges North Dakotans to take immediate steps to protect against identity theft. 

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced that the dissolution of Dickinson State University Foundation has reached a final resolution. On August 30, 2017, Stark County District Court Judge Herauf issued an Order adopting the Findings of the Special Master. 

The UND Moot Court Association is an agent of the UND law school because it is funded by, and provides services in place of, the law school. The Moot Court Association is subject to the open records law. 2017-O-07.

A public entity’s response to a record request cannot be delayed until the next meeting simply to enable the governing body to give permission to release the records. 2017-O-06

The Morton County Sheriff’s Office and State’s Attorney did not violate the law when they declined to provide records, including photographs and video, relating to specific incidents occurring during 2016 protests in Morton county, because the criminal investigation of those incidents is ongoing. 2017-O-05