BILLINGS – A New Mexico man who was convicted of aggravated promotion of prostitution last June was sentenced to 15 years at Montana State Prison with three suspended Friday in Yellowstone County District Court before District Judge Donald L. Harris. The case was prosecuted by...
HELENA -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced an investigation into Chinese-owned social media company TikTok for possible violations of the Montana Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act. The civil investigative demand includes substantial evidence of dozens of past and current potential violations...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive $80 million in the final approval of the multi-state settlement holding the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson accountable for their roles in fueling...
HELENA – Citing the continued failure to enforce federal law and secure the southern border, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 14 state attorneys general in calling for President Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to leave office. In a letter...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen has opened an investigation into potential violations of Montana’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act in connection with GoFundMe’s redirection of funds from the Canadian Freedom Convoy earlier this month. After $10 million was raised on the GoFundMe crowd...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen continues to lead the fight to protect Montana healthcare workers and their patients and employers from the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. In a new filing today, Attorney General Knudsen and 15 other attorneys general ask a federal judge...
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier issued an advisory today to clarify the current status of, and Montanans’ rights and obligations, under the Parental Notification of Abortion Act of 2011. Montana Code books reflect...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen is encouraging Montanans to be aware of scammers trying to take advantage of them as the Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) fielded 945 scam complaints and successfully saved Montanans from losing more than $1.3 million in...
HELENA — In response to the alarming increase of drug overdose deaths around the country, Attorney General Austin Knudsen and attorneys general from 15 other states are calling on the Biden administration to take a tougher stance against the influx of fentanyl that is produced...
Lower court bungled preliminary injunction standard and abused its discretion when it blocked enforcement of laws Gov. Gianforte signed last year The three enjoined laws “unquestionably enhance the health and safety of Montana women” Filing also asks Supreme Court to overturn its flawed 1999...