CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 2 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Holland & Knight has strengthened its Financial Services Team with the addition of Rebecca Chaffin as a partner in Charlotte. Ms. Chaffin focuses her practice on representing agents in leveraged syndicated credit facilities and lenders and trustees in tax-exempt financings. She was previously a partner at McGuireWoods. "Rebecca will add significant depth to the Charlotte fin more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 2 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $150 million bipartisan multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals for its role in fueling the opioid crisis. Hikma produces a range of generic opioid products and sells hundreds of millions of opioid doses every year. The attorneys general allege that from 2006 to 2021, Hikma failed  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 2 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm's role in the prescription opioid crisis. North Carolina will receive more than $11 million from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis. "Companies like Publicis helped fuel the opioi more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, announced today the results of the 2024 Debt Affordability Study (https://www.nctreasurer.com/documents/files/slgdaacanddebt/debt-affordability-study-2024/open), advising the Governor and General Assembly on the estimated debt capacity of the General and Transportation Funds for the upcoming 10 fiscal years. The annu more PR