Josh Kaul

Wisconsin DOJ Named to International Task Force on Pharmaceutical Mergers

March 16, 2021

AG Kaul Announces Judgment Requiring Installation of Pollution Capture Device and $65,000 Penalty

March 12, 2021

AG Kaul Highlights Need for Crime Lab Toxicology Positions, Technology to Address Evolving Drug Epidemic

March 10, 2021

AG Kaul Joins FTC, 38 States, and D.C. to Shut Down Massive Charity Fraud Telefunding Operation

Defendants placed more than 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls, nearly 43 million in Wisconsin—most illegal robocalls— claiming to support veterans, children, firefighters

Marquette Law School to host “Policing and Accountability — A Community Conversation,” March 10

AG Kaul, DATCP Secretary-designee Romanski Warn Wisconsinites of COVID-19 Related Scams

March 4, 2021

AG Kaul & AGs Coalition Support Schools’ Ability to Protect Students from Bullying

Coalition Urges Supreme Court to Permit Schools to Address Harmful Off-Campus Speech that Substantially Disrupts School or Interferes with Students’ Learning

DSPS to Resume Enforcement of Fire Sprinkler Requirement in Multi-Family Dwellings

Criminal Complaints Filed Against Two in Fond du Lac County for Homicide, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Straw Purchase of a Firearm, and Aiding a Felon

February 22, 2021

AG Kaul Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Up to $50,000 in Student Loan Debt Relief

February 22, 2021

Coalition of Health Care, Advocates, Criminal Justice Partners Issue Recommendations to Reform State’s Crisis Mental Health Response

February 11, 2021

Serial Sex Offender Convicted of Sexual Assault After Backlogged Kit is Tested

February 9, 2021

AG Kaul Reminds Wisconsinites about Internet Safety Resources on Safer Internet Day

February 9, 2021

AG Kaul, DWD Announce Lawsuit Against SEMCO, Inc. for Unpaid Wages, Benefits Totaling $682,864.90

February 8, 2021

State Receives $10 million in Opioid Crisis Settlement

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company paying out $573 million to 47 states and D.C.

AG Kaul Announces Settlement with County Materials Corp. to Resolve Wisconsin Air Law Violations at Janesville Facility

February 5, 2021

AG Kaul, Gov Evers Announce $573 Million Multistate Agreement with McKinsey & Company for “Turbocharging” the Opioid Epidemic with Purdue Pharma

February 4, 2021

AG Kaul Announces Settlement with Rolling Hills Dairy Farm, LLC Requiring $144,000 Payment and Construction of Runoff Controls to Resolve Violations of Wisconsin’s Wastewater Laws

February 3, 2021

School Safety Mental Health and Threat Reporting System Sees Early Success

February 3, 2021

Controversy Over Thin Blue Line Flag

Pro-police flag adopted by white nationalists, used to attack officers at Capitol riot.

Is the Eviction Moratorium Enough?

Some tenants may not be protected, and rental assistance still needed to pay back-rent.

AG Kaul Announces Judgment Requiring Installation of Runoff Controls and $30,000 Penalty

January 28, 2021

Update: The CDC eviction moratorium that was originally extended until January 31, 2021 is now extended through March 31, 2021

AG Kaul Announces $75,000 Penalty for Asbestos Violations in Construction of a U-Haul Facility

January 25, 2021

High Court Upholds Gun Possession Ban for Felons

But state research used to push for this criticized in Supreme Court decision.

Evers Seeks Private Firm’s Aid on Pollution

Outside law firm would help state prosecute companies responsible for PFAS contamination.

Gov. Evers Announces State to Take Legal Action Against PFAS Contaminators

State will seek outside legal counsel to investigate and prepare for litigation against corporate actors responsible

12% of State’s Law Enforcement Without Body or Dash Cameras

Kenosha DA said body cameras would have helped the Jacob Blake investigation.

AG Kaul Files Motion in Challenge to the Trump Administration Rollback of Endangered Species Act Protections

January 22, 2021

AG Kaul Joins Four Federal Multistate Lawsuits Challenging Attacks on Clean Air

January 20, 2020

Uihleins Gave $4 Million to Group Pushing Capitol Rally

Uline owners Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein criticized for supporting Tea Party Patriots.

State Businesses Supported Group Pushing Capitol Rally

$279,000 donated to Republican Attorneys General Association pushing ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.

AG Kaul Challenges Trump Administration Rule Leaving in Place Insufficient Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollution

January 13, 2021

AG Kaul, Bipartisan AGs Push FDA to Examine Progress in Opioid Fight

January 11, 2021

Legislators Allowed to Contest DNR Decisions

State Supreme Court allows them to intervene in cases challenging DNR rulings to protect water.

DAGA & Democratic Attorneys General Respond to the Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Attorney General Kaul Statement on Violence at U.S. Capitol

January 6, 2021

Assembly Committee Passes GOP COVID-19 Bill

Vos calls measure ‘bipartisan’ though all Democrats oppose it.

Attorney General Kaul Statement on Kenosha County District Attorney Decision in Officer-Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake

January 5, 2021

Kenosha DA Won’t Charge Cops in Blake Shooting

Jacob Blake's family, supporters have called for peaceful protests.

Wausaukee Wastewater Treatment Plant Employee Convicted of Falsification of Records

December 23, 2020

Shirley Abrahamson Dies at Age 87

She was first woman and longest serving justice on Wisconsin Supreme Court.

AG Kaul Statement on Passing of Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson

December 20, 2020

Wisconsin & Michigan File Motion to Join Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google

December 17, 2020

AG Kaul Joins 19-State Coalition Arguing ATF has Failed to Regulate Ghost Guns; Same Type Used in 2018 Middleton Workplace Shooting

December 17, 2020

State Fights for Employees’ Wages; Bankruptcy Court Orders Golden Guernsey Dairy to Pay $1.1 Million to Past Employees

December 16, 2020

Wisconsin PFAS Action Council Releases PFAS Action Plan

Missing 10-Year-Old Jocelyn Van Duyn Found Safe

December 15, 2020

AG Kaul Issues Statement on Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling on the Challenge to Wisconsin’s Election Results

December 14, 2020

Police Association Calls BLM Protesters ‘Terrorists’

International group with Wisconsin ties sends out research paper with false claims.

Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit

Suit was brought Attorney General of Texas, joined by 17 other states.

Johnson, Tiffany Join Trump’s Effort to Overturn Election

Rep. Tom Tiffany signs onto Texas lawsuit and Sen. Ron Johnson calls hearing on election "irregularities."

18 States Now Aim to Sue Wisconsin

Trump campaign also joins last chance effort to overturn the election in four swing states.

AG Kaul & 48 AGs File Lawsuit Seeking to End Facebook’s Illegal Monopoly

Bipartisan Coalition of AGs Charge Anticompetitive Conduct Facebook Thwarted Competition, Reduced Consumer Privacy for Profits December 9, 2020

More States Want to Sue Wisconsin, Three Other States

Pro-Trump attorneys general allege "fraud" in states that went for Biden.

AG Kaul Joins National $86.3 Million Agreement with Mortgage Servicer Nationstar

December 7, 2020

A Supreme Court of First Resort?

Many petitions defy precedent, ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to bypass lower courts.

Both Parties Delay on Open Records

Long delays by state officials to open records requests have been the norm for the last decade.

Kaul Blasts Republicans Disputing Election

AG says their “baseless attacks" undermine democracy and employ “Jim Crow strategy” to disenfranchise voters.

49 AGs Urge Congress to Pass Extension for CARES Act Funding as Pandemic Impacts Economy

December 1, 2020

AG Kaul Issues Statement on Completion of Partial Recount in Wisconsin

November 30, 2020

Nonprofit Seeks 60,000 Men to Help End Human Trafficking

Five-week HEMAD Campaign launches Nov. 23 to raise awareness and seek an end to societal scourge.

Kaul Sues Legislature Over Lame Duck Laws

Lawsuits can’t be settled, consumers lose out on potential settlements, AG charges.

AG Kaul Announces Legal Action to Allow DOJ to Again Enforce Wisconsin Laws Without Unconstitutional Legislative Interference

November 23, 2020

AG Kaul Announces $113 Million Agreement with Apple Over iPhone Throttling

November 18, 2020

AGs Call on AG Barr to Reverse Abrupt Change to 40 Year-Old Election Fraud Policy

November 13, 2020

Controlled Substances Board to Hear Testimony from Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement on Dangerous Drug Activity

Private-Duty Nurse Charged with Over $28,000 in Medicaid Fraud

November 11, 2020

Can Evers, Republicans Mend Fences?

Their first two years weren't very cooperative. But that might change with a new Legislature.

Wisconsin Drug Take Back Collection 1st in the Country; Collects Nearly 90,000 lbs. of Unwanted Medications to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

November 9, 2020

Dane County Man Charged in Connection with Three Different Schemes to Financially Exploit Elderly Relative

November 5, 2020

AG Kaul Joins Coalition Opposing Trump Order Appearing to Ban Implicit Bias Training

November 2, 2020

Judge Orders USPS To Deliver Ballots Faster

Wisconsin among 14 states suing post office, now ordered to accelerate delivery of ballots.

AG Kaul Takes Action to Protect Consumers in Merger of Waste Collection and Disposal Corporations

October 29, 2020

How to Recognize and Report Voter Intimidation in Wisconsin

October 29, 2020

AG Opinion Issued Regarding 2011 Wisconsin Act 21

October 27, 2020

AG Kaul Joins 22-State Coalition Opposing Trump Administration’s Drastic Limits on International Student Visas

AG Kaul Joins 22-State Coalition Opposing Trump Administration’s Drastic Limits on International Student Visas

AG Kaul & National Association of Attorneys General Issue Statement Regarding 2020 Election

October 26, 2020

AG Kaul Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 26, 2020

Trump “Rounds the Turn’ in Waukesha

As state suffers deadliest week yet, President downplays pandemic at campaign rally.

AG Kaul, MKE Exec Crowley, Assembly Candidate Emily Siegrist Call Out Trump Ahead of Visit

AG Josh Kaul: “We are more than six months into this pandemic, and I challenge anybody to answer this simple question: what is Donald Trump’s plan to fight the pandemic? ... The answers to those questions are simple, they don’t have a plan.”

Voter Intimidation Is Illegal, Kaul Warns

Threatening force, barring voters could result in jail time, attorney general warns.

National Safe Schools Week: Keep Your School Community Safe

October 20, 2020

Drug Take Back Day is October 24

Wisconsin Department of Justice Working to Protect Fair Election

AG Kaul Issues Reminder: Voter Intimidation is Illegal

Amy Coney Barrett Is Not Pro-Life

She opposes Affordable Care Act and ignores guidelines for masks, social distancing.

AG Kaul Announces Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force Membership

October 15, 2020

AG Kaul Announces Updated Settlement with Opioid Manufacturer Mallinckrodt

October 13, 2020

AG Kaul Announces Agreement Reached to Pay Employees’ Wages in H&H Receivership

October 12, 2020

AG Kaul Statement on Mask Requirement Ruling

October 12, 2020

Voting Access Ensures All Voices Are Heard

A new bipartisan coalition is working to promote safe, reliable voting in Wisconsin.

AG Kaul Announces Court Ordered Divestiture of Two Former Dean Foods Plants

October 8, 2020

Report Details How Regional Drug Prosecutors Support Local Fight Against Drug Epidemic

October 5, 2020

Did Brad Schimel Break the Law?

He emceed political fundraiser. State law prevents judges from all political activities.

AG Kaul Urges Congress to Adopt New Consumer Protections to Protect Airline Industry Customers

October 2, 2020

Wisconsin DFI, DOJ Join Commodity Futures Trading Commission to Charge Precious Metals Dealers in $185 Million Scheme Targeting Elderly Investors, $2.7 Million from Wisconsinites

AG Kaul Announces $39.5 Million Multistate Settlement Over 2014 Anthem Data Breach; 1.7 Million Wisconsin Consumers Affected

September 30, 2020

High Court Urged to Okay 5% Error Rate in Voter Purge

Conservative group WILL argues in favor of wrongly striking 6,500 people from state voter rolls.

Court to Rule on Purging 130,000 from Voter Rolls

Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing two challenges affecting November election.

Is Robin Vos Scared of Voters?

Republican legislators condemn Evers' mask mandate, but won’t override it as the law allows. Why?