Monthly Archives: July 2008

Former U.S. senator again surfaces in Scruggs probe

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Trent Lott (R)

(Legal Newsline)-An attorney for State Farm Insurance Company said he is determined to get to the bottom of former Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott’s role in a scheme to defraud the insurance company in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Read More »

Dickie Scruggs, Hot Topics, News

SunMart sued for allegedly cheating consumers at the pump

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)–Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday he was suing the parent company of SunMart gas stations for allegedly cheating motorists at its pumps. Read More »

News, State AGs

McCollum praises Bush for signing housing bill

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Bill McCollum (R)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline)-Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said Thursday that legislation signed yesterday by President George W. Bush will help protect homeowners. Read More »

Hot Topics, News, Sub-Prime Mortgages

Brown weighs in on suburb ‘war’

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California Attorney General Jerry Brown may or may not be waging war on the state’s suburbs, but he is pretty determined to send some shots across the bow of The Wall Street Journal. Read More »

News, State AGs

AG reaches agreement with lender to restructure home loans

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Martha Coakley (D)

BOSTON (Legal Newsline)-The Massachusetts attorney general’s office entered into an agreement Thursday with a California company to modify “structurally unfair” mortgage terms. Read More »

Hot Topics, News, Sub-Prime Mortgages

Court rules racial slurs created hostile workplace for police officer

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New Jersey Supreme Court justices

NEWARK, N.J.(Legal Newsline)–The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Jewish police officer in Haddonfield, N.J., ruling that derogatory comments against him created a hostile work environment and violated his constitutional rights. Read More »

News, State Supreme Courts

Michigan court rejects mental disability claim against civil rights group

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Michigan Supreme Court building

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline)-A woman’s mental disability claim has been rejected this week by the Michigan Supreme Court. Read More »

News, State Supreme Courts

Former Ohio AG Dann makes behemoth records request

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Dann

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) — Could former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, who was forced to resign May 14 amid allegations of misconduct in office, among other things, be clairvoyant?
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News, State AGs

AG: Meth Coffee glorifies drug use

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)–A San Francisco company marketing a product that critics say glorifies illegal drug use has landed in the crosshairs of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Read More »

News, State AGs

UBS agrees to pay $4.4 million to settle probe

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Martha Coakley (D)

BOSTON (Legal Newsline)-UBS AG has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle allegations by the Massachusetts attorney general that the bank misled cities and government agencies by urging them to invest their money in auction-rate securities. Read More »

News, State AGs