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Massachusetts Attorney General official website; Office of the Attorney General, hdl:2452/35664. (Various documents). Massachusetts Attorney General articles at ABA Journal; News and Commentary at FindLaw; Massachusetts General Laws at Law.Justia.com; U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Massachusetts" at FindLaw
Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 45th attorney general of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Boston City Council from 2016 to 2022, serving as council president from 2018 to 2020. [1]
Thomas Francis Reilly [1] (born February 14, 1942) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents. He was one of three candidates who sought the Democratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts in the 2006 election.
As the first Chief of the Health Care Division in the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, [14] Palfrey oversaw multi-million dollar consumer protection litigation and investigations relating to health insurance, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare providers and nursing homes. Prior to his Chief position, he was an Assistant ...
Martha Mary Coakley [1] (born July 14, 1953) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and former politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. During this time, she famously lost a race for the United States Senate in what was widely considered a tremendous upset, a loss which had hugely significant ramifications for healthcare policy in America.
She resigned at noon to become Healey's chief of staff. State Solicitor Bessie Dewar then served as the acting attorney general of Massachusetts, taking the helm of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office from Cook, from noon on January 5, 2023 until Attorney General Andrea Campbell was sworn in on January 18, 2023. [8]
The state has an open-meeting law enforced by the attorney general, and a public-records law enforced by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. [24] A 2008 report by the Better Government Association and National Freedom of Information Coalition ranked Massachusetts 43rd out of the 50 US states in government transparency.
Massachusetts v. Purdue is a lawsuit filed on August 14, 2018, suing the Stamford, Connecticut-based company Purdue Pharma LP, which created and manufactures OxyContin, "one of the most widely used and prescribed opioid drugs on the market", and Purdue's owners, the Sacklers [1] accusing them of "widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to the opioid crisis ...