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Students have received only a fraction of the relief they are entitled, records show 

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller joined a multistate effort calling on the U.S. Department of Education to immediately forgive the loans of former ITT Tech students who attended the bankrupt for-profit school when it closed.

‘This system will empower survivors of sexual assault,’ Miller says

DES MOINES — Iowa will launch a tracking and reporting system for sexual assault evidence kits, which will provide transparent status updates to survivors of rape as well as law enforcement and medical professionals.

'Any settlement must provide significant funds and treatment drugs to help people recover'

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller supports a $48 billion settlement framework with two drug makers and three distributors over their role in the opioid epidemic.

Surgical mesh devices caused serious complications for women

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced a multistate settlement along with 40 states and the District of Columbia requiring Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. to pay nearly $116.9 million for their deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices.

Agreement with drugmaker provides naloxone rebates to public agencies statewide

DES MOINES — Fire and police departments and other public agencies can get a break on the cost of a life-saving drug that counteracts opioid overdoses. 

Company caused ‘unnecessary additional stress in seeking a divorce,' Miller alleges  

DES MOINES — About 200 Iowans are eligible to receive refunds from an online divorce website that is accused of fraudulent advertising and billing by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. 

'I believe they have the ability and responsibility to pay more'

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller released the following statement on a tentative agreement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family:

Iowa is in leadership group looking into the breadth of tech giant’s business practices

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller released the following statement on a bipartisan investigation of tech giant Google’s business practices related to state and federal antitrust laws:

Iowa is in lead group looking at potential anti-competitive conduct

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller released the following statement regarding the investigation of Facebook:

Loan servicer Navient engaged in deceptive practices, states allege

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined a bipartisan coalition of 32 attorneys general from around the country in defending the states’ vital ability to enforce state and federal consumer protection laws against student loan servicers.