Office of the Attorney General, Saipan – The Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Office of the Attorney General joins in celebrating the national campaign of Child Support Awareness Month. This campaign aims to spread awareness that there are children in our community who need financial support and services. As […]

Office of the Attorney General, Saipan – Please note that several class action settlements have been reached to resolve claims of public water systems against certain companies related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) contamination of drinking water. These class action settlements were reached in a large multi-district litigation known […]

Office of the Attorney General, Saipan – Attorney General Edward Manibusan announces a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to review and resolve consumer complaints against airlines and ticket agents. The agreement streamlines how Attorney General Manibusan and DOT will work together to review consumer complaints and […]

Office of the Attorney General, Saipan – Attorney General Edward Manibusan is pleased to announce thenomination and acceptance of Attorney General Chief Investigator Ikluk Masayos to attend the 292nd Sessionof the FBI National Academy (“FBINA”) in Quantico, Virginia.The FBINA is a professional 10-week course of study for U.S. and International […]

Attorney General Manibusan joins multistate settlement against marketing firmPublicis over role in opioid epidemicOffice of the Attorney General, Saipan – Attorney General Edward Manibusan announces that his officejoined a multi-million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the globalmarketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. […]

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DENIES CERTIORARI IN IPI CASEOffice of the Attorney General, Saipan – On January 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court deniedcertiorari to Imperial Pacific International (CNMI), LLC (“IPI”). IPI sought the U.S. Supreme Court’s reviewof the Ninth Circuit order ruling that the Commonwealth Casino Commission was […]

THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALWELCOMES JAMES KINGMANOffice of the Attorney General, Saipan – Attorney General Edward Manibusan is pleased to announcethe pending addition of Special Prosecutor James Robert Kingman as an assistant attorneygeneral/special prosecutor to head up the task force established by the Office of the Attorney General,the Office […]

Office of the Attorney General, Saipan – As typhoon Mawar bears down on the CNMI, the Office of the Attorney General encourages consumers to report incidents of price gouging. Attorney General Edward Manibusan warns retailers that the Consumer Protection Act makes it unlawful for any business to engage in price […]

********CONSUMER ALERT******** AVOID DECEPTIVE SOLICITATION SCAMS Attorney General Edward Manibusan is warning CNMI consumers and small business owners against companies posing as governmental agencies sending out deceptive solicitation letters targeting newly registered business owners, demanding for payment of documents that are either free or available for a lower price from […]