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U.S. SC asked to resolve split over federal jurisdiction in lawsuits filed by state AGs

May 16, 2013 8:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether federal courts have jurisdiction over lawsuits filed in state courts by state attorneys general on behalf of consumers. The nation’s high court is expected to meet next week to … Read More »

Class Action, Mississippi, News, South Carolina, State AGs, State Courts, Tort Reform, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court

Ariz. appeals court rules tax lien purchasers must give notice to mortgage registry

May 15, 2013 12:55 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

TUCSON, Ariz. (Legal Newsline) — The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled last week that those who purchase tax liens — and seek to foreclose on them — must give notice to the national mortgage registry known as MERS. In Delo … Read More »

Arizona, Hot Topics, News, State Courts, Sub-Prime Mortgages

Pa. House committee passes bill upping judicial mandatory retirement age

May 15, 2013 8:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the state constitution to increase the mandatory retirement age for justices, judges and justices of the peace from 70 years to … Read More »

Hot Topics, News, Pennsylvania, State Courts, State Supreme Courts

Report: Child advocacy group sues Kan. AG over tobacco settlement funds information

May 14, 2013 2:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) — A children’s advocacy group is suing Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, accusing the state’s top lawyer of not releasing information about funds from revisions to a 1998 tobacco settlement. Kansas Action for Children filed their … Read More »

Kansas, News, State AGs, State Courts, Tobacco

Mich. appeals court says insurer shouldn’t have to pay attorney fees

May 9, 2013 3:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled this week that a lower court was wrong to make an insurer that already was ordered to shell out money for Medicare and personal injury protection payments to also … Read More »

Michigan, News, State Courts

Yamaha hit with $3.3M verdict for wanton conduct

May 7, 2013 7:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — A jury in Montgomery, Ala., last week returned a $3.3 million verdict against the maker of a four-wheeler that severely injured a woman in 2007. On Wednesday, after more than five hours of deliberation, the … Read More »

Alabama, News, State Courts

Report: Judge says campaign finance case against Ariz. AG can’t move forward

May 3, 2013 9:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) — A judge has ruled that a campaign finance case against Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and office employee Kathleen Winn cannot move forward. The case was due to be heard next week, according to the Arizona … Read More »

Arizona, News, State AGs, State Courts

Mich. appeals court sides with homeowners in suit over bat feces cleanup

May 2, 2013 12:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled this week that a lower court did not err in awarding sanctions to a couple, whose home was overrun by bats, on the basis that a remediation company’s civil … Read More »

Michigan, News, State Courts, Unusual Lawsuits

Federal judge remands Conn. lawsuit against S&P to state court, ‘where it belongs’

April 25, 2013 1:00 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has remanded to a state court Connecticut’s lawsuit against The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. and its subsidiary Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, according to a ruling filed late Wednesday. Judge Stefan R. Underhill … Read More »

Connecticut, Federal Government, Financial Crisis, Hot Topics, News, State AGs, State Courts, U.S. District Court

Mich. appeals court finds law firm, attorney didn’t commit malpractice

April 23, 2013 10:15 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals said in a ruling last week that a lower court was correct in finding that an attorney and his law firm did not commit malpractice by binding a company to … Read More »

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