AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills urges Maine residents to file claims or make their views known on a multistate settlement that provides $35 million for consumers who paid for the brand-name drug Provigil or generic modafinil from June 24, 2006, to March 31, 2012. The time to file claims or express views on the settlement has been extended to June 25, 2017.

To obtain a claim form, visit www.StateAGProvigilSettlement.com or call 1-877-236-1413.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today that Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Porsche AG, as well as their American subsidiaries, have agreed to pay over $157 million to ten states to settle environmental lawsuits filed last year challenging the companies? secret use of unlawful ?defeat device? software in their vehicles ? software that caused tens of thousands of tons of excess harmful pollutants to be emitted into the air in Maine and other states.

AUGUSTA ? Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced today a new television ad warning of the link between prescription painkillers and heroin addiction. The ad is the latest in the ?Dose of Reality? public education campaign launched in 2016. The ad will be made available to Maine broadcasters through the Maine Association of Broadcasters? Public Education Partnership program over the coming months.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet Mills requests all Mainers who were scammed out of money and asked to utilize Western Union as a payment method to contact her office as they may be eligible for restitution payments. Under a recent settlement with the federal government consumers may be eligible for some restitution if the payments were sent between 1/1/2004 and 1/19/17.

AUGUSTA ? Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills today announced that her office and the Federal Trade Commission have filed a complaint against nine defendants, including three corporations and six individuals, for their roles in a deceptive campaign to sell a joint health supplement and a cognitive health supplement in violation of state and federal laws.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills today joined with 19 other state attorneys general in filing a federal lawsuit against generic drug-maker Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Auribindo Pharma USA, Inc., Citron Pharma, LLC, Mayne Pharma (USA), Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. alleging that they entered into numerous illegal conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices and reduce competition in the United States for two drugs: doxycycline hyclate delayed release, an antibiotic, and glyburide, an oral diabetes medication.

Attorney General Janet T. Mills issued the following statement regarding the statutory requirement for the Legislative Council to approve construction of state buildings within the Capitol Area, which includes the Riverview campus and a proposed new forensic facility:

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills is sharing information and resources to ensure that the brightly wrapped gifts exchanged this holiday season contain no unwanted surprises and so families can set ground rules for the proper and safe enjoyment of digital devices year-round.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet T. Mills today released statistics on drug overdose deaths through the first nine months of 2016. With 286 deaths through the end of September, overdose deaths have already exceeded the total number for all of 2015 when there were 272 drug overdose deaths in Maine. This dramatic increase is mainly due to illicitly manufactured (non-pharmaceutical) fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, although the number of deaths due to other drugs is also increasing.

AUGUSTA ? Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills has issued the following statement in response to questions about voting requirements for people in Maine.