Oregon Settles with Health Insurer Premera Over Data Breach

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 29 other state Attorneys General have reached a $10 million settlement with Premera Blue Cross, known in Oregon as LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon, over its failure to secure consumer data. Oregon will receive $1.3 million from the settlement. “It’s horrifying to think that for nearly one entire year,… View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on July 11, 2019

Defending the ACA: Statement from Attorney General Rosenblum

Today, a coalition of 21 State Attorneys General, including Oregon, is arguing the appeal of a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declaring that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional. Henry Kantor, Special Counsel to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, is attending the oral arguments today in New… View Article

Posted in Media Release on July 9, 2019

Oregon Sunshine Committee 2019 Public Notice

The next meeting of the Oregon Sunshine Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17 from 1:30-4:30 pm. The meeting will take place at the Mozilla Firefox Offices in Portland, 1120 NW Couch St #320. After introductions, the Committee will consider the prior meeting’s minutes; receive updates from subcommittee chairs; discuss the Governor’s request regarding bulk… View Article

Posted in Media Release, Public Records Reform on June 21, 2019

AG Rosenblum Statement on Title X Decision

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today issued a statement following a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that could allow the Trump Administration’s new Title X “Gag Rule” to go into effect: “This Gag Rule will devastate the Title X program and fundamentally change the way this important public health program has worked for almost… View Article

Posted in Media Release on June 20, 2019

242 Former Oregon ITT Tech Students Will Receive Debt Relief

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a $2.2 million settlement that provides debt relief to 242 former Oregon ITT Tech students. Oregon ITT Tech was a for-profit college that filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and had campuses in Salem and Portland. The agreement is part of a $168 million multistate settlement with 43 states… View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on June 14, 2019