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Foley Hoag’s State Attorney General Investigations lawyers offer their experience, insight and skill to help your business through the considerable challenges of an AG investigation or enforcement action.

An Impoundment By Any Other Name
Blog January 29, 2025
A Monday night memorandum issued by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) ordered federal agencies to “temporarily pause” all federal funding and other agency activities that “may be implicated by” the slew of executive orders Trump issued last week…
Recent Trends of State Attorneys General in Healthcare Regulation
Blog July 01, 2024
State Attorneys General play a significant role in shaping health care policy across the country. We outline several recent developments among State Attorneys General nationwide impacting healthcare companies, including issues related to medical billing and debt, hospital acquisitions and administration, and reproductive and gender-affirming care…
In Wake of Healthcare System Cyberattack, 22 State Attorneys General Call for Further Action on Data Privacy
Blog May 06, 2024
On April 25, 2024, the attorneys general of 22 states issued a letter encouraging UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, to take additional steps to respond to a massively disruptive cyberattack. The broad, bipartisan group of signatories reflects both the scale of the attack’s impact and its implications for the priorities of state attorneys general—from healthcare regulation to data privacy, consumer protection, and even antitrust concerns…
State Attorneys General Weigh in Amidst Supreme Court Case That Could Restrict Access to Abortion Drug Mifepristone
Blog March 04, 2024
Attorneys general across the country have joined in litigation related to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortions. A case currently before the Supreme Court, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, could affect access to the drug by invalidating FDA guidelines from 2016 and 2021 that loosened restrictions on prescribing and administering mifepristone…
Massachusetts’ New Attorney General – A Look Back and a Look at the Year Ahead
Blog February 08, 2024
Last year, Foley Hoag reviewed what we could expect from the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General (“OAG”) as Attorney General Andrea Campbell took on her first year in office. This post looks to see whether the initiatives identified by the new administration at the start of her term were actually prioritized and whether we expect to see continued development in those areas this year…
Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General – 2022 Preview
Blog February 22, 2022
This is the fourth post in this year's series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Our previous post discussed trends in tax enforcement. Up next: trends in sanctions export controls enforcement. 2022 is shaping up to be an interesting year for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. It marks Maura Healey's final year as AG as she gears up for her run for governor…
Health Care Entities May Challenge MassHealth Financial Withholdings
Blog December 07, 2021
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has issued an important ruling for health care entities who are being investigated by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Medicaid Fraud Division and facing financial withholding, often without recourse while the AGO takes its time to resolve a matter. The case, Rizkallah v. Attorney General, involved the following relevant facts: In March 2017, the AGO sent Mouhab Rizkallah…
White Collar Year in Preview: Massachusetts Attorney General Trends in 2020
Blog January 23, 2020
2019 marked the beginning of Maura Healey's second term as Massachusetts Attorney General. So far, this term has seen an increased focus on issues surrounding climate change and e-cigarettes, and a continued focus on healthcare fraud. We expect to see even more focus on these areas in 2020. Expect More Climate Change-Related Enforcement Healey's inaugural address listed climate change as one of the top priorities in her second term…
Cybersecurity 2018 – The Year in Preview: HIPAA Compliance
Blog October 18, 2017
Like many things in Washington, the HIPAA landscape in 2018 will be shaped by the shifting priorities of President Trump's new administration.  Early signs point to less funding for the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for enforcing HIPAA.  This is likely to lead to fewer enforcement actions, but not necessarily less aggressive enforcement within those actions…
MA AG Joins with Other States to Defend Critical Aspect of ACA
Blog May 19, 2017
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her office would join with Attorneys General from 14 other states and D.C. in an attempt to intervene in House v. Price, now pending before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.  The motion was filed on May 18, 2017.  The lead states are California and New York. House v. Price concerns a lawsuit filed by House Republicans in 2014 that attempted to erode certain aspects of Obamacare…
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Foley Hoag’s State Attorney General Investigations lawyers have the experience, the insight and the skill to guide your business through the considerable challenges of an AG investigation or enforcement action.

Our team knows firsthand how the AG and her line assistants approach investigations. Our legal team includes a former Massachusetts Attorney General, a former chief deputy attorney general, a former first assistant attorney general, a former deputy attorney general, a former chief of the business and labor bureau, a former deputy chief of the criminal bureau, and four partners who served as assistant United States attorneys.

Foley Hoag will work closely with you to develop and implement winning strategies to achieve your objectives and successfully resolve the investigation. And if there is no reasonable alternative but to litigate, our lawyers, including American College of Trial Lawyers fellows, have a record of substantial courtroom success. Whatever the path, we will fight to protect the reputation of your business and neutralize any adverse public relations implications arising from the AG action.