Monthly Archives: August 2011

Feinberg gets another claims-processing job

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Feinberg

INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced on Wednesday that Kenneth Feinberg has agreed to consult with Zoeller’s office on paying claims associated with the Indiana State Fair tragedy.
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News, State AGs

AGs concerned about content on Backpage.com

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McKenna

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna and 45 other attorneys general on Wednesday called for online classified site Backpage.com to stop ads promoting human sex trafficking, especially those that could involve minors.
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News, State AGs

Patent company has big case, no office

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The directory in Ogma’s building.

Photo by Kevin Berns.

LONGVIEW, Texas (Legal Newsline) – By some accounts, freshly formed Ogma LLC is a legitimate company in the business of making legitimate patent infringement claims. What the company appears to lack, however, is a legitimate office.
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News, U.S. District Court

Drugmaker sues Ky. AG over hiring of private attorneys

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Conway

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A subsidiary of Merck & Co. is accusing Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway of violating its right to due process in a lawsuit filed by Conway in 2009, according to a complaint filed in federal court earlier this month.
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Big Pharma, Hot Topics, News

Liu’s appointment hearing today

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Liu

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – California’s Commission on Judicial Appointments is holding a public hearing Wednesday to discuss the appointment of Goodwin Liu, a failed judicial appointee of President Obama, to the state Supreme Court.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Calif. AG, Labcorp settle whistleblower suit for $49.5M

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Harris

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Laboratory Corporation of America have reached a $49.5 settlement to resolve allegations of overcharges to the state’s Medi-Cal program. Read More »

News, State AGs

Valve-maker not liable in asbestos case

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – California’s Second District Court of Appeals last week upheld a ruling in favor a valve manufacturer sued by a man who alleged the company’s products gave him cancer. From 1961 to 1965, plaintiff Dennis H. … Read More »

Asbestos, Hot Topics, News

NLRB to implement new notification rules

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Chavez

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will implement new notification rules of employee rights in the workplace. The new rules require that employers post information about employee rights online and in the workplace. Read More »

In the Spotlight

Fla. company sued over debt management services

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Suthers

DENVER (Legal Newsline) – Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against an Orlando, Fla.-based company that allegedly engaged in unregistered debt management services.
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News, State AGs

Colo. AG suing company over lawsuit recovery claims

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Suthers

DENVER (Legal Newsline) – Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Denver-based company that allegedly conducted fraudulent consumer solicitations claiming that it could help recover restitution related to a federal lawsuit.
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News, State AGs