Since the financial collapse of 2008, Madigan's office has seen an increase in the number of consumer-related complaints, particularly in identity theft cases. The office fields 200,000 such calls and emails a year.
Read MoreAs Illinois Attorney General, I vowed to use all of the tools of the office to fight corruption — private and public — and I have lived up to that pledge. Not everyone knows what those tools are, so I think it is important to explain how and why this office is successful at fighting corruption on many fronts.
Read MoreAs Mother’s Day approaches, I am reminded of a conversation I had a few years ago with my oldest daughter, Rebecca, after she asked what I did at the office every day.
I answered by saying simply that “I help people.”
Read More"Our investigation revealed that McHugh Construction falsely used subcontractors to help secure bids for major construction projects funded by and for Illinois taxpayers," Attorney General Lisa Madigan said. "The company used women-owned businesses to submit false claims to the state and federal governments for millions of dollars when, in fact, those businesses never completed the level of work required by law."
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a court order requiring a Jasper County biodiesel production facility to implement new operating procedures and install equipment designed to prevent overflows of contaminating substances in response to a March 25 soybean oil spill at the facility in Newton, Ill., that polluted several nearby waterways. The court order also requires the company to remediate the affected waterways.
Read More"It's a constant battle. Addiction is very powerful," Madigan said in a news conference before she attended the event.
Read More“This recent wave of cyber attacks reinforces how important it is to monitor your accounts for unauthorized activity because it’s not a matter of if but when your financial accounts will be targeted by a criminal,” Madigan said.
Read More“My goal is to ensure low-wage workers receive all of their wages,” Madigan said. “It makes no sense that the amount you receive on a gift card is better protected than the wages you receive on a payroll card. This bill is designed to ensure that workers actually get all of their wages, instead of losing them to unreasonable fees.”
Read More“Innocent victims of crime deserve every possible protection,” Madigan said. “This amendment would ensure those who have endured the tragedy of violent crime have their voice heard in court and can effectively enforce their rights.”
Read More“We need better protections for small businesses facing deceptive and costly demands from patent trolls,” Madigan said. “This legislation will ensure the rights of legitimate patent holders while cracking down on this fraudulent practice.”
Read MoreIn the latest salvo, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Monday against a company that serves as a middleman between consumers seeking loans and payday lenders, some of which the prosecutor alleges aren't licensed to do business in the state.
Read More“To me, as a woman, as the mother of two daughters, as the attorney general, I don’t want to live in a world where we say it’s OK to enslave or exploit women,” said Madigan, whose office works to combat child pornography and sexual trafficking. She said the “unspeakable horrors” her investigators uncover is why she is planning on personally attending the protest. “The reality is, no young girl dreams of growing up to become a prostitute. It’s not a choice.”
Read More“This scheme to fix prices caused consumers to spend millions more on e-books than they otherwise would have paid,” Madigan said. “This settlement will help compensate customers and send a clear signal that we will enforce the antitrust laws to ensure fair competition.
Read More“The epidemic of the child pornography trade impacts every community,” Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in the statement. “It is a horrific crime lurking behind closed doors in towns all across Illinois.”
Read More“This new loan product is one of the most abusive attempts to evade the reform laws we have seen,” Madigan said in the news release. “This company provides consumers repayment schedules where not one penny of their payment goes toward paying down the principal balance, making it impossible to pay off their loan.”
Read MoreThe crackdown gained momentum on Tuesday when the Illinois attorney general, Lisa Madigan, accused All Credit Lenders of misleading borrowers into taking out expensive loans that come with insurance products that they do not need or cannot use.
Read More"These defendants received unemployment benefits while they were simultaneously collecting a paycheck," Madigan said. "Prosecuting these cases deters fraud and maintains the resources of the unemployment insurance program to help those people it is intended assist—the unemployed."
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has announced her office collected nearly $1 billion in revenue last year.
Read MoreIn recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinois consumers to the costly risk of tax refund anticipation products as they work to file their tax returns by April 15.
Read More“In the course of our efforts to address pollution violations associated with the refinery materials storage sites on Chicago’s southeast side, we have uncovered additional violations of state environmental protection laws that must be addressed,” Madigan said. “My office is continuing to work on several fronts, both in the courtroom and in the legislature, to force these companies to clean up their act in the interest of the surrounding community’s health and safety.”
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