LINCOLN – For-profit education company Career Education Corp. (CEC) has agreed to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forgo collecting approximately $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationally, in a settlement with Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson and 48 other attorneys general.

Attorney General Peterson announced today that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million to resolve claims that the bank violated state consumer protection law.  Nebraska’s share of the settlement is $5,210,423.

Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that his office has reached a settlement with Tickets in Time, LLC, Secure Ticket Purchase, LLC, and their owner, John Uhrich (collectively “Box Office Ticket Sales”), resolving a consumer protection case that was filed in the Lancaster County District Court in 2016. 

Attorney General Peterson announced that he, along with attorneys general from ten other states and commonwealths, has filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. and NoMoreClipboard, LLC, (collectively “MIE”) a web-based electronic health record company headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  

Lincoln—On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office will be hosting Mobile Office hours in Beatrice inside the Beatrice Senior Center (101 N 25th Street) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lincoln—On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office will be hosting Mobile Office hours in Blair inside the Blair YMCA (1278 Wilbur Street) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson announced on October 2, 2018, that the State of Nebraska, along with other states and the federal government, has reached an agreement in principle with pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) to settle allegations that the company introduced adulterated drugs into interstate commerce. As a result, ABC will pay the states and the federal government $625 million, of which nearly $100 million will go to state Medicaid programs. Additionally, an ABC subsidiary, AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group pled guilty in federal court to illegally distributing misbranded drugs.

Attorney General Peterson announced that he, along with the other 49 states and the District of Columbia, has reached an agreement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) to address the company’s one-year delay in reporting a data breach to its affected drivers. 

Lincoln—On Monday, September 10, 2018, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office will be hosting Mobile Office hours in Wayne inside the Wayne Senior Center (410 N Pearl Street #B) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lincoln—The Nebraska Attorney General’s Consumer Protection website (www.ProtectTheGoodLife.nebraska.gov) has received the 2018 Consumer Outreach WAGGY award at the annual Conference for Western Attorneys General (CWAG).