Arkansas Attorney General

By Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced a settlement with the owners of Country Medical Services of Arkansas, Inc—the parent company of Eastern Ozarks Hospital in Cherokee Village—for failing to protect sensitive patient information after the hospital closed eight years ago. On March 17, 2022, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the company and its owners for violations of the Patient Information Protection Act (PIPA)…

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By Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge School has started and students are hard at work learning new routines, new skills and making friends along the way. From unsafe practices online to ill-informed choices, young Arkansans are increasingly at risk as they enter this new stage in life. Attorney General Rutledge is urging parents, teachers and guardians to learn more about how to protect their kids in their daily lives and online with…

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Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced that a federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Arkansas and forty-one other states, allowing the coalition to proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Indivior, Inc. and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for market manipulation of their product Suboxone, a prescription medication commonly used to treat opioid addiction.“Thousands of individuals rely on Suboxone to aid them in…

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