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Idaho SC sides with mortgage registry in wrongful foreclosure case

April 26, 2013 9:15 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) — The Idaho Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling Thursday, sided with the national mortgage registry known as MERS, dismissing a complaint against it for wrongful foreclosure. In Edwards v. MERS et al., plaintiff Leslie Jensen-Edwards … Read More »

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Idaho SC: Insurer must cover costs, fees awarded in lawsuit against construction company

April 25, 2013 2:15 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) — The Idaho Supreme Court ruled last week that an insurance company must cover nearly $300,000 in costs and attorneys fees awarded in a case brought against a construction company for negligent and “intentionally faulty” workmanship. … Read More »

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Idaho AG Wasden settles with loan broker

April 19, 2013 12:11 PM
By Bryan Cohen

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced a settlement on Thursday with a Boise loan broker who allegedly violated the Idaho Consumer Protection Act and Idaho’s loan broker law. Wasden’s office received consumer complaints about Dairld … Read More »

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Idaho AG settles with car dealer

April 15, 2013 12:42 PM
By Bryan Cohen

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced a settlement Friday with an Idaho Falls-based used car dealer to resolve allegations of deceptive business practices. Wasden’s office looked into the business practices of Autos 4 Less after … Read More »

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Wash. AG settles with financial planning companies

April 4, 2013 2:19 PM
By Bryan Cohen

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced settlements Tuesday with four financial planning companies that allegedly targeted senior veterans with schemes related to asset management. The Kansas-based American Benefits Advocates and Scott Sexton, a Kansas attorney, … 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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Idaho SC sides with Texas-based nonprofit; says it’s not an insurer

March 20, 2013 10:00 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) — The Idaho Supreme Court last month said a lower court erred in determining that Austin, Texas-based Altrua HealthShare — one of a few nonprofit health sharing organizations nationwide — is an insurer. The state’s high … Read More »

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FTC, Idaho AG challenge health system acquisition, calling it ‘anti-competitive’

March 13, 2013 1:25 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) — The Federal Trade Commission and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden are suing to block a health system’s acquisition of Idaho’s largest independent, multi-specialty physician practice group. According to the joint complaint filed Tuesday in a … Read More »

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Idaho SC dismisses med-mal case

February 11, 2013 1:22 PM
By Nathan Bass

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s order dismissing a plaintiff’s medical malpractice case due to his failure to list the claim as an asset in his Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The trial court further … Read More »

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Idaho AG announces $1 million drug pricing settlement

February 8, 2013 2:33 PM
By Bryan Cohen

BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced a $1 million drug pricing settlement Thursday with a prescription drug manufacturer to resolve allegations of reporting an inflated average wholesale price for prescription drugs. Under the terms of … Read More »

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