Monthly Archives: March 2012

Texas will receive $61M in Risperdal settlement

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Abbott

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced this week that Texas will receive a larger share than initially expected from a $158 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson that was approved by courts on Tuesday.
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Big Pharma, Hot Topics, News

Ill. House passes bill protecting debtors

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Madigan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan praised the lawmakers of the House of Representatives on Thursday for passing the Debtors’ Rights Act of 2012 to protect vulnerable consumers from being taken to jail for unpaid debts.
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News, State AGs

R.I. AG pleased with EPA proposal

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Kilmartin

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) – Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin commended the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday for proposing regulations to limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed from new power plants for fossil fuels.
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News, State AGs

Judge eliminates advance asbestos trial setting in Madison County

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Harrison

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Madison County, Ill., Associate Judge Clarence Harrison has entered an order terminating the court’s 2013 advance setting of asbestos trial weeks.
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Asbestos, Hot Topics, News

Report: Pa. AG candidates agree to serving full four-year terms

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Murphy

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – All four candidates for Pennsylvania attorney general say they are committed to serving at least a full four-year term before pursuing another office. Read More »

Campaigns & Elections, News

N.C. AG appealing utility rate hike

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Cooper

RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper wants the state Supreme Court to overturn a utilities commission’s decision approving a Duke Energy rate hike. Read More »

News, State AGs

Corporations fighting Mont. election law file petition with U.S. SC

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Bullock

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Earlier this week, a group of corporations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the Montana Supreme Court upholding a state election law. Read More »

News, U.S. Supreme Court

Motley Rice, Miss. lawyer ordered to pay fees for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit

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Pratt

INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has ordered a group of law firms, including Motley Rice LLP, and a Mississippi lawyer to pay nearly $400,000 in fees for pursuing a “frivolous” lawsuit against a for-profit educational institution. Read More »

News, U.S. District Court

Mass. restaurants cited for labor violations; group blames confusing laws

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday that an investigation of restaurants in Massachusetts revealed significant violations of the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Boston District Office of … Read More »

Federal Government, Hot Topics, News

Groups want state AGs to block Express Scripts/Medco merger

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A coalition of public interest groups and leading competition advocates are calling on state attorneys general to block a proposed merger between Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions. The American Antitrust Institute, American Consumer Institute … Read More »

News, State AGs