Monthly Archives: September 2008

Missouri AG candidate vows to boost cyber-crime fighting

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Michael Gibbons (R)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-State Sen. Michael Gibbons, the Republican nominee for Missouri attorney general, says if elected he would create a task force to tackle cyber-crimes, including identity theft and child exploitation. Read More »

Campaigns & Elections, News

Trip to dentist even more nightmarish, Coakley claims

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Coakley

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is attacking more than a dozen individuals and corporations that allegedly exploited dental patients to steal money from their insurers.
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News, State AGs

W.Va. SC sends Ohio plaintiff packing

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Benjamin

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – Having a West Virginia-based attorney who received communications from an insurance company does not mean an out-of-state plaintiff can file suit in West Virginia, the state Supreme Court recently ruled.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Brown cracks down on doctor shopping

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Jerry Brown (D)

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-California Attorney General Jerry Brown said a crackdown on rampant prescription drug fraud has turned up fifty abusers who average more than 100 doctor and pharmacy visits seeking huge quantities of addictive drugs like Valium, Vicodin and Oxycontin. Read More »

News, State AGs

Two Colo. SC justices on November ballot

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Allison Eid

DENVER, Colo. (Legal Newsline)-Voters in Colorado will decide in November whether to retain two state Supreme Court justices and six judges on the state Court of Appeals. Read More »

Campaigns & Elections, News

Four states, federal government share $9.9 million Medicaid fraud settlement

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DEERFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Michigan will be receiving money from Walgreen Co., an Illinois-based pharmacy chain, as part of a $9.9 million Medicaid fraud settlement. Read More »

News, State AGs

Omaha food company returns $100,000 to consumers

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Jon Bruning (R)

LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline)-A former Omaha, Neb., food company is returning more than $100,000 to 34 Nebraska consumers, Attorney General Jon Bruning said Tuesday. Read More »

News, State AGs

Gov. Bredesen goes with experience in Tenn. SC appointment

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Lee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) – Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Sharon Lee has been appointed to the state’s Supreme Court by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Supreme Court: Judge can’t refuse pay raise

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Joan Orie Melvin (R)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) –A Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge has been told by the State Supreme Court, in a one sentence ruling, that she cannot refuse an 11 percent pay raise. Read More »

News, State Supreme Courts

Brown, Gore claim green opportunity could help financial crisis

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Jerry Brown (D)

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline)–California Attorney General Jerry Brown and former Vice President Al Gore enjoyed enthusiastic support from the crowd recently gathered in the Silicon Valley for a convention touting the future in green-building, development and economic opportunity. Read More »

News, State AGs