Monthly Archives: August 2010

Va. AG clearly not an Obama fan

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Cuccinelli

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (Legal Newsline) – Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is calling President Barack Obama’s policies “utterly destructive” and compares the president’s administration to the British during the Revolutionary period.
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News, State AGs

AG Miller returns contributions from egg family

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Miller

DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – A Republican candidate for Iowa attorney general criticized the state’s longtime Attorney General Tom Miller on Monday for accepting a $10,000 campaign contribution in 2005 from the family at the center of a national egg recall.
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Campaigns & Elections, News

Weaver leaves Mich. SC, replaced by appellate judge

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Weaver

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth “Betty” Weaver has resigned from the state’s highest court.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Cuccinelli’s subpoena of global warming prof’s records stopped

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Cuccinelli

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) – An Albemarle County Circuit Court judge has quashed a subpoena issued by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli seeking documents related to the work of a climate scientist.
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Global Warming, Hot Topics, News

Treasury hasn’t offered trial lawyer tax break info to Iowa senator

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Grassley

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury has not yet complied with U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s request for information regarding a possible tax break for trial lawyers who are working on a contingency fee basis.
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Hot Topics, News

Blumenthal fights for trees

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Blumenthal

HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced on Monday that he has obtained a court injunction against a logger who allegedly performed illegal tree harvesting by operating without a permit.
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News, State AGs

Ark. AG files suit against Atlanta business

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McDaniel

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed a lawsuit against an Atlanta-based home repair company that allegedly defrauded dozens of Arkansas homeowners.
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News, State AGs

Ohio’s case against Bank of America moves forward

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray applauded a federal court ruling that allows the State to proceed with a lawsuit against Bank of America.
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News, State AGs

Horne says Ariz. GOP nod his

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Horne

PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) – Arizona Schools Superintendent Tom Horne declared victory on Sunday in the GOP primary for state attorney general.
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Campaigns & Elections, News

Coakley, CVS reach settlement

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Coakley

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Monday that her office has reached a $2,650,000 settlement with a pharmacy chain that allegedly overcharged public entities on prescriptions.
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News, State AGs