Mark Shurtleff (R) SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is still planning to take legal action against a college football playoff system that he says disadvantages his and other states.
Bruning LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline) - The proposed merger of two infectious waste collection and treatment providers is facing an antitrust suit filed by the State of Nebraska in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Chris Koster (D) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against a Florida mortgage modification company he alleges took money from distressed Missouri homeowners without providing any meaningful service.
John Suthers (R) DENVER, Colo. (Legal Newsline)-Medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado are subject to collecting sales taxes, state Attorney General John Suthers said in a formal legal opinion issued Monday.
Obama RICHMOND (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama's pick for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
John Kroger (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to fight hard to preserve wilderness areas from development.
Richard Blumenthal (D) HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday sent petitions to U.S Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to investigate insurance companies that steer auto repair customers to body shops of their choosing.
Rob McKenna (R) OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)- In an effort to unite against fraudulent mortgage scammers, Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller are co-chairing a new state-federal task force on mortgage enforcement.
Tom Corbett HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - James Donahue, III, head of the Pennsylvania attorney general's antitrust section, was named on Friday as the new chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Multistate Antitrust Task Force.
Lori Swanson (D) MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline)-A Brazilian company has jettisoned its plans to acquire of one of the largest meat-packing companies in the United States, drawing praise from at least one state attorney general who opposed the deal.
Charles Wells TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles T. Wells has notified Gov. Charlie Crist that he will retire from the high court at the close of business March 3.
Lori Swanson (D) CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)-Thirteen state attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice are suing to block a Brazilian company's planned acquisition of one of the largest meat-packing companies in the United States.
McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Following a U.S. Secret Service raid on the company's headquarters, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is filing suit against a company charged with operating a pyramid scheme.
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal won't be happy with a settlement between prescription drug maker Cephalon and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dann The manufacturer of the prescription drug Anzemet will pay more than $180 million to settle charges that it inflated the drug's price brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.