News from November 2008
Committee denies Nickles' confirmation; full DC council to vote today
Peter Nickles WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Confirmation of the District of Columbia's acting attorney general will go to the full City Council after a committee rejected his nomination.
Automakers must cut emissions in return for federal money, AGs say
Brown WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Seven state attorneys general have written to federal lawmakers, urging them to require financially troubled automobile makers to produce more fuel-efficient cars if those companies receive federal help.
Kansas AG sues 17 more drug companies over pricing
Steve Six (D) TOPEKA, Kansas (Legal Newsline)-Seventeen pharmaceutical companies are being sued by Kansas Attorney General Steve Six on top of the 13 drug companies for allegedly price gouging the state's Medicaid program.
Goddard reviews Arizona GOP's campaign reporting
Terry Goddard (D) PHOENIX, Ariz. (Legal Newsline)-Arizona's attorney general is investigating claims the Arizona Republican Party broke campaign finance laws by failing to identify who provided $105,000 in political contributions.
Wells announces retirement from Florida S.C.
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.
Cuomo: Citigroup executives should forgo bonuses
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Citigroup should eliminate bonuses for its top executives, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said after the financial services company announced it was cutting an additional 53,000 jobs.
Online travel company targeted by AGs posts 3Q loss
WOOD RIVER, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-YTB International Inc., the online travel company that is the target of investigation by two state attorneys general, posted meager earnings in the third quarter, corporate filings show.
N.M. appeals court panel upholds $14.9 million jury award
Michael Vigil SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline)-A $14.9 million jury award to the family of a New Mexico man who was killed in an fiery explosion has been upheld by the state Court of Appeals.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal by 'vexatious litigant'
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A paralyzed man who has sued hundreds of California small businesses to gain accommodations for the disabled on Monday lost his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to lift an order requiring special permission for him to file new lawsuits.
U.S. SC to rule on judicial recusal issue from W.Va.
Benjamin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have recused himself from the $50 million case of a heavy campaign supporter.
Pact could remove four Klamath River dams
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. government, along with Oregon and California, and PacifiCorp have announced an agreement that could resolve the long-running environmental dispute over Klamath River water.
Sprint gets more time to sell some Nextel assets
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-The Illinois Supreme Court has again declined to hear an appeal by Sprint Nextel Corp. over its lawsuit with affiliate iPCS Inc.
W.Va. SC weighs in on muddy, wiry issue
Chief Justice Spike Maynard CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a decision that held three companies not liable for the injuries of a 13-year-old who was temporarily blinded by mud and rode his bike into three of their wires.
Trio of democrats in running for Maine AG position
Brautigam AUGUSTA, Maine (Legal Newsline) - Only a few weeks remain until Maine lawmakers will choose the state's next attorney general.
Prescription drug money going to smoking program in Conn.
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Funds from settlements in the pharmaceutical world should go toward an initiative to stop tobacco use, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal feels.
New Jersey to receive $4 million in landfill cleanup settlement
Anne Milgram (D) TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) -- New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that the state will be receiving $4 million to pay for the cleanup of what was once one of the nation's worst landfills
Illinois justices issue stay in FamilyCare case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration will resume paying health care providers under a state Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that put a hold on a judge's order to jettison an expansion of the state's FamilyCare program.
Foreclosures rise again; 84,000 more lose their homes
IRVINE, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Foreclosures in October rose 5 percent nationwide, a gain that is 25 percent higher than this month a year ago, according to comprehensive data released on Thursday.
Tobacco agreement harming market, suit says
McDaniel LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The landmark tobacco settlement of 1998 is good for both the participating states and the tobacco companies that got in on the ground floor, a lawsuit recently filed by the sixth-largest tobacco company in the country says.
Senate Finance chairman calls for legal reforms
Max Baucus (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Reigning in skyrocketing medical costs and enacting health care reform ought to be a priority for President-elect Barack Obama and the next Congress, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance said.