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Ala. SC upholds mortgage registry’s authority to assign mortgages

May 17, 2013 9:15 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — The Alabama Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, upheld a lower court’s decision which, in part, validated the ability of the national mortgage registry known as MERS to assign mortgages as the nominee for … Read More »

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Ala. AG announces advances in safe disposal of medicine

May 16, 2013 1:00 PM
By Bryan Cohen

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced Wednesday that the state is benefiting from significant advances in the safe disposal of potentially dangerous prescription medicines. Strange has actively tried to strengthen and expand Alabama’s participation in … Read More »

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Kansas AG joins 12 other AGs in coalition against EPA regulations

May 7, 2013 11:35 AM
By Bryan Cohen

TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt joined 12 other state attorneys general Monday to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to impose new oil-production regulations without consulting all affected states. Multiple northeastern states are trying to … Read More »

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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 »

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Report: Ala. AG rejects request for utility rate hearings

April 24, 2013 2:30 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has reportedly shot down a request by the head of the state’s Public Service Commission to investigate utility rates in the state. According to AL.com, PSC Commissioner Terry Dunn sent … Read More »

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Report: Former Ala. AG’s new business is promoting bingo game

April 23, 2013 2:15 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King is now in the business of promoting bingo games. According to AL.com, King is the creator and president of a company called Innovate! Technologies Group LLC. The company is … Read More »

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AGs call for broader exceptions to contraception mandate

April 4, 2013 10:40 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) — Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to adopt broader religious exceptions to its controversial contraception mandate. The mandate, which was imposed under the health care law signed … Read More »

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Ala. AG praises U.S. SC’s decision in case over monetary stipulation

March 20, 2013 9:45 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange called a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against plaintiffs lawyers trying to place monetary limits on class action lawsuits an “important victory” for class action fairness and free enterprise. In an … Read More »

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BP trial day one: Ala. AG contends oil company was ‘blinded by their bottom line’

February 26, 2013 8:45 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says it is oil giant BP’s greed that has “devastated” the Gulf Coast states. In his opening statement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Monday, … Read More »

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Ala. AG files gaming suit against tribe

February 19, 2013 1:18 PM
By Bryan Cohen

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to stop the allegedly unlawful operation of slot machines. The lawsuit named PCI Gaming Authority and the individual members … Read More »

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