News from October 2013
Pa. AG announces agreement with Geisinger Health System Foundation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced an agreement Monday with Geisinger Health System Foundation to ensure regional access to quality and affordable healthcare in Mifflin and Juniata counties.
Delaware AG announces settlement with brokerage firm
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden announced a $70,077 settlement Monday with a brokerage firm that allegedly failed to make sure its agents were properly registered in Delaware and other states.
Reid files cloture on D.C. Circuit nominee
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture Monday on the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
AGs urge Senate to block D.C. Circuit nominees, pass Court Efficiency Act
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The attorneys general of seven states are putting pressure on the U.S. Senate to stop President Barack Obama from "politicizing" the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Congressional candidate: Affirming $90M verdict against nursing home could hurt West Virginia
JenkinsCHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Three factors come into play when discussing the litigation environment in any state, said Evan Jenkins, a West Virginia state senator and executive director of the West Virginia State Medical Association.The first two, Jenkins explains, are frequency of lawsuits and average settlement amounts. The final factor - and what he believes became most relevant
Iowa attorney elected president of defense bar
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) -- Cedar Rapids attorney Mike Weston has been elected president of DRI -- The Voice of the Defense Bar.
Penn State to pay Sandusky victims nearly $60 million
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) -- Twenty-six victims of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach jailed for child molestation, have agreed to settle civil claims with the central Pennsylvania university for nearly $60 million, the school announced Monday.
Latinos want Calif. AG to investigate Herbalife for alleged predatory business practices
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- Latino civil rights activists want California Attorney General Kamala Harris to look into the alleged predatory business practices of a nutrition and supplements company that also has been accused of operating a pyramid scheme.
Minn. AG wants federal agency to investigate complaints against Humana
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) -- Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has asked a federal agency to investigate and remedy complaints by the state's senior citizens about improper claims handling by Humana.
N.C. AG announces $31,000 agreement with travel promoter
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced a consent judgment Monday with a vacation promotion company that allegedly misled North Carolinians into paying deposits for purportedly free vacations.
N.Y. AG announces $300,000 Medicaid settlement with Michigan man
BELMONT, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced a $300,000 settlement with a Michigan man who allegedly billed Medicaid illegally for physician's services after fraudulently obtaining enrollment as a Medicaid provider.
New Hampshire AG files suit against online travel companies
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster announced a lawsuit Friday against multiple online travel companies for allegedly failing to properly remit the full amount of meals and rooms taxes due on overnight accommodations.
Poll shows Herring slightly up on Obenshain in Va. AG race
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- A recent poll shows that state Sen. Mark Herring, a Democrat, is slightly leading fellow state Sen. Mark Obenshain, a Republican, in the race for Virginia attorney general.
Report: Former Ecuadorian judge testifies to taking bribes from plaintiffs' lawyers
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- A former Ecuadorian judge, who presided over the environmental case against Chevron Corp. when it was first filed in 2003, admitted Friday to taking bribes from the plaintiffs' lawyers who won a $19 billion judgment against the oil giant.
JCN launches campaign to stop Obama from 'packing' D.C. Circuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- On Friday, the Judicial Crisis Network launched its campaign urging the U.S. Senate to block President Barack Obama's attempt to "pack" the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Report: Head House Democrat running for Fla. AG
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- State Rep. Perry Thurston, the current Democratic Party leader in the Florida House, is running for state attorney general next year.
Philly legal reform noted; advocates say more could be done
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) -- Philadelphia once was highlighted as among the worst judicial jurisdictions in the nation as far as civil court reform, or lack thereof, was concerned.
False Claims Act overused, reform advocates say
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The United States has come a long way since the Civil War era.
Md. AG tells newspaper it wasn't his job to break up senior week party
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) -- Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said this week it wasn't his job to break up a senior week party at which many were drinking alcohol underage.
Four charitable organizations agree to pay $10 million in superstorm Sandy assistance
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Four charitable organizations agreed Thursday to provide approximately $10 million of assistance to communities still struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced.