News from September 2011
Conway files suit against third for-profit school
Conway FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said Tuesday that his office has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against National College of Kentucky Inc. over allegations that the for-profit school misrepresented job placement numbers.
Nev. AG announces settlement with Morgan Stanley
Masto LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) -- Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced Tuesday that her office filed an Assurance of Discontinuance with Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings.
Wis. board says clerk's actions not criminal misconduct
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) -- Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board said Wednesday that a county clerk who admitted to omitting thousands of ballots in April's heated state Supreme Court election did not do so willfully.
NFIB, 26 states ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear health care challenge
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The National Federation of Independent Business, along with 26 states, filed petitions Wednesday to have their legal challenge to the federal health care law heard immediately in the U.S. Supreme Court.
KBR won't get attorneys fees from woman who claimed rape
Jones HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Jamie Leigh Jones, the woman who alleged her employer was at fault for a rape that a jury said never happened, must pay court costs to the company she sued but not its attorneys fees.
AMA files brief in support of Fla. noneconomic damages cap
Wilson TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The American Medical Association has filed an amicus brief urging the Florida Supreme Court to uphold the state's limit on subjective awards for noneconomic damages.
Calif. AG mulling judicial discipline issue
Harris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris is reportedly considering whether the state's Commission on Judicial Performance can discipline superior court judges for giving themselves more benefits.
Plaintiffs firm backs N.Y. AG's life insurance investigation
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - One New York law firm says it supports state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's decision to investigate the way life insurance companies identify deceased insureds and pay death benefits.
WLF argues for drug stores in W.Va. AG's case
McGraw WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A recent ruling in a case brought by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw makes it harder for out-of-state defendants to remove class actions to federal court, the Washington Legal Foundation is arguing.
N.C. AG to company: Fill existing orders before taking new ones
Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced a court order on Monday against a Cary-based online furniture sales company barring it from taking new orders until it fulfills existing orders or provides refunds.
Coakley settles case over Craigslist ads
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a settlement on Tuesday with a Saugus real estate company that allegedly posted discriminatory rental advertisements on Craigslist.org.
Wis. AG earns $12K judgment
Van Hollen MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a judgment on Monday against an individual who allegedly serviced hundreds of septic systems without a valid certification or license.
Wis. SC will take on payday loans
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court will review a case questioning whether annualized interest rates in excess of 1,000 percent per year for a short-term loan are per se "unconscionable" under the state's Consumer Act.
Ill. AG files four suits in mortgage rescue crackdown
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Tuesday filed lawsuits against four Chicago-area companies and licensed attorneys for operating fraudulent mortgage rescue or loan modification schemes.
U.S. Supreme Court seemingly the next stop for ObamaCare
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The federal government apparently won't delay the legal battle over health care reform.
Attorney plans lawsuit over Ind. State Fair victims fund
Zoeller INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - An attorney who has already filed wrongful death lawsuits over the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair is challenging caps on damage claims paid out by the State.
Contractor gets six-year prison sentence for asbestos removal
ROCHESTER, N.Y.(Legal Newsline) - A Rochester man has been sentenced to six years in prison for violating the Clean Air Act and making false statements to a federal inspector.
The science of asbestos: A variety of definitions
Carbone WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Asbestos litigation has become a multibillion-dollar industry -- bankrupting large corporations, enriching lawyers and courts and providing much needed relief to victims of the deadly diseases that exposure to some types asbestos in specific amounts will cause.
Mo. AG sues over wastewater
Koster JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit on Monday against a business in Jefferson County that owns a wastewater treatment facility for nine alleged violations of Missouri's Clean Water Law.
New Hampshire gets $355K in settlement
Delaney CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney announced a $355,000 civil settlement on Friday with a drug manufacturer over allegedly improper marketing.