Monthly Archives: July 2009

Nevada court orders second trial in gambler case

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Nevada Supreme Court building

CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline)-The Nevada Supreme Court this week ordered a new civil trial for professional gambler James Grosjean, citing attorney misconduct. Read More »

News, State AGs

Brown gets $1.2 million verdict against flim-flam artists

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Jerry Brown (D)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Attorney General Jerry Brown has won a $1.2 million ruling against rip-off artists Gaston Muhammad and Ronna Green of Duluth, Ga., for deceptive business practices. Read More »

News, State AGs

GOP’s petty cash complaint a petty attack on Lynch, campaign staffer says

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Lynch

WARWICK, R.I. (Legal Newsline) – The Rhode Island Republican Party is alleging state Attorney General Patrick Lynch violated campaign laws by misusing money from his petty cash collection.
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News, State AGs

Donahue named chair of NAAG task force

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Tom Corbett

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – James Donahue, III, head of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s antitrust section, was named on Friday as the new chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Multistate Antitrust Task Force. Read More »

News, State AGs

California courts to close one day a month amid budget crisis

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Mary Wiss

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-In an effort to do its part to lessen California’s $24 billion deficit, the 21-member state Judicial Council has voted unanimously to close California courts every third Wednesday of each month from September through July. Read More »

News, State Courts

Cuomo denounces Wall Street’s compensation program

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Andrew Cuomo (D)

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a comprehensive report Thursday that analyzed 2008 bonuses for the nine banks that received Trouble Asset Relief Program financing from the U.S. government. Read More »

News, State AGs

Quadriplegic allowed to take Calif. bar exam

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Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- A law school graduate who was blocked from taking the state bar exam over a technicality took her case to the state Supreme Court and won. Read More »

News, State AGs

Personal injury attorney to lead trial lawyers’ group

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Anthony Tarricone

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The nation’s largest trial lawyer trade group is now led by personal injury attorney Anthony Tarricone of Hamilton, Mass., his law firm announced Thursday.
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Hot Topics, News, Tort Reform

DeLaughter pleads, feds recommend 18-month sentence

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DeLaughter

ABERDEEN, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Former Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Bobby DeLaughter pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading FBI investigators in a judicial bribery case involving disgraced plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs.
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Dickie Scruggs, Hot Topics, News

Coakley settles Medicaid suit

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Coakley

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has reached a settlement with Boston Clinical Laboratories, Inc., over allegations the company violated the state’s Medicaid False Claims Act.
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News, State AGs