Monthly Archives: September 2010

Conn. AG announces multi-state drug settlement

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Blumenthal

HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday said Connecticut is part of a $422.5 million multi-state settlement with a pharmaceutical corporation that allegedly engaged in off label drug marketing and kickback schemes.
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News, State AGs

Whitman calls allegations ‘a political smear’

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Whitman

SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) — California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, in a news conference Thursday afternoon, denied allegations she had received a letter from the U.S. Social Security Administration in 2003, questioning her former housekeeper’s citizenship.
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News, State AGs

S.D. SupCo affirms statute of limitations ruling

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Zinter

PIERRE, S.D. (Legal Newsline) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the statute of limitations has expired in a medical malpractice case involving the placement of a birth control device.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Cordray looks into airline merger

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced on Tuesday that he will begin a preliminary review of a proposed airline acquisition.
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News, State AGs

Brown, Whitman spar at debate

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Brown

DAVIS, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – In their first face-to-face debate on Tuesday evening, California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman spent most of the time questioning each other’s ability to lead the state.
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Campaigns & Elections, News

Coal loan dispute must be arbitrated, Ky. SC says

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Abramson

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – The Kentucky Supreme Court has ordered that two coal companies, arguing over who should pay a $6.3 million loan, must arbitrate.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Maine SC sides with grocery store in security breach suit

AUGUSTA, Maine (Legal Newsline) – The Maine Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has ruled that a group of consumers do not need to be compensated for time and effort they put into cleaning up the damage caused by data … Read More »

News, State Supreme Courts

Asbestos defendants face two trials same day, same court in Illinois

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Modesitt

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Judges in McLean County plan two asbestos conspiracy trials at the same time against the same defendants. Read More »

In the Spotlight

Class action suit against AIG advances

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Cox

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced on Tuesday that a national class action securities fraud lawsuit is moving forward with Michigan serving as lead plaintiff.
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News, State AGs

Tenn. plaintiffs can suggest amount for non-economic damages

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Lee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) – The Tennessee Supreme Court has remanded a medical malpractice case after holding that state law prohibits a plaintiff from disclosing the amount of damages he or she is requesting in pleadings.
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News, State Supreme Courts