LexisNexis Enters Into $5.8 Million Multistate Settlement, N.Y. AG Says
July 02 2019 - 4:44PM
Dow Jones News
By Michael Tobin
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has agreed to pay $5.8 million as part
of a multistate settlement after state attorneys general
investigated whether the legal research company failed to pay fees
for crash reports.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday LexisNexis,
which is part of Relx PLC, defrauded state law enforcement agencies
of more than $2.8 million.
Attorneys general from Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and
Tennessee, in addition to the city solicitor of Baltimore, assisted
with the investigation.
Ms. James said individuals and insurers buy copies of automobile
accident reports and that LexisNexis only paid law enforcement
agencies for the first sale of the report, despite contracts saying
that each sale of a report requires a payment. Ms. James said an
investigation determined LexisNexis understated crash report sales
between June 2012 and May of this year.
LexisNexis has agreed to pay fees it previously withheld and
change its resale practices, according to New York's attorney
general.
Representatives from LexisNexis and its parent company, Relx,
couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Write to Michael Tobin at michael.tobin@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 02, 2019 16:29 ET (20:29 GMT)
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