At a press conference Monday, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced his office filed a consumer protection lawsuit in Montana District Court against Purdue Pharma LLC., for ongoing deceptive marketing practices involving its prescription opioids, including OxyContin. “Pharmaceutical companies that knowingly and deceptively harm consumers must...
Montanans who were deceived into sending payments to scammers using Western Union's wire transfer service may now apply for compensation from a $586 million fund administered by the federal Department of Justice. This fund is related to a multi-state settlement with Montana Attorney General Tim...
Attorney General Tim Fox and Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) Administrator Sarah Garcia awarded three non-profit organizations the Montana Department of Justice Chrome for Kids Wish Fund grants today. The grant funding comes from sales of Chrome for Kids motorcycle license plates through MVD. Proceeds from...
Attorney General Tim Fox, in partnership with Georgia non-profit organization Street Grace and the Montana Broadcasters Association, announced his agency’s participation in the child sex trafficking awareness public service announcement campaign, “Demand an End.” Statistics released earlier this year by the Montana Department of Justice’s Division...
HELENA – In a letter to Congressional leadership sent Monday evening, Attorney General Tim Fox joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general urging Congress to repeal a law restricting punishment of prescription drug manufacturers and distributors. The plea from the state attorneys general comes...
For the fifth straight year, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and Montana’s U.S. Senator Steve Daines continue their ‘Brawl of the Wild’ wager for the University of Montana – Montana State University football game. The Bobcats (4-6) and Grizzlies (7-3) clash this Saturday at Bobcat...
Attorney General Tim Fox and 45 other attorneys general taking part in a wide-ranging multistate antitrust investigation of the generic drug industry have asked the federal court for permission to file a new complaint in the states' pending lawsuit. The amended suit increases the number...
Attorney General Tim Fox today urged parents to review basic safety precautions with their children before they go trick-or-treating and to check Montana’s Sexual or Violent Offender Registry (SVOR) online to ensure their children avoid potentially dangerous situations. “It’s important to talk to your children not...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox released the following statement Thursday on President Trump’s declaration of a national public health emergency due to the opioid epidemic: “Perhaps never before in our nation’s history have we experienced such acute public health and public safety impacts from substance abuse....
On Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Montana Department of Justice, local law enforcement agencies, tribal law enforcement agencies, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its fourteenth opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft...