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Mass. AG announces $2.8M settlement with Oppenheimer
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a $2.8 million settlement on Monday with Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management LLC and Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. to resolve the alleged misleading of investors.
Mo. AG sues St. Louis contractor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit Friday against a St. Louis-based home repair business for allegedly violating Missouri no-call and merchandising practices laws.
N.Y. AG settles with Dutchess BOCES
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement Friday with Dutchess BOCES, a public shared education organization, resolving allegations of false advertising and deceptive practices.
Wisconsin AG announces $40,000 judgment against cheese-making facility
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a $40,000 judgment last week against an Illinois-based cheese-making company to resolve allegations that it violated a pollution permit at a Wisconsin facility.
Ill. AG files suit against financial advisor
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Secretary of State Jesse White announced a lawsuit Thursday against a Springfield man for allegedly fraudulently marketing and selling insurance investment products to the elderly.
N.Y. AG announces settlement with equipment leasing company
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a multi-million dollar settlement Thursday with a group of business equipment leasing companies that allegedly schemed to steal $11 million from small business customers' bank accounts.
Fla. AG goes after timeshare resale companies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed lawsuits Wednesday against four Central Florida timeshare resale companies for allegedly engaging in deceptive and unfair trade practices.
Par Pharmaceuticals to pay $22.5M in multi-state settlement
WASHINGTON, DC (Legal Newsline) - Multiple states and the federal government reached a $22.5 million civil and criminal settlement Wednesday with Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc.
Mo. AG sues vacation package business
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Christian County travel package business that allegedly took consumers' money without delivering their Branson vacation packages.
N.J. AG announces civil rights settlement with mortgage company
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced a $36,000 settlement Tuesday with a national mortgage company on behalf of a Sussex County woman who was allegedly discriminated against in her application for refinancing. ChiesaThe Texas-based Nationstar Mortgage will pay $30,000 to Hamburg resident Taryn Benacquista to resolve allegations that she was unlawfully
Va. AG settles with mortgage modification firms
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced settlements Tuesday with two affiliated mortgage loan modification companies that allegedly charged illegal advance fees for foreclosure rescue services which they failed to deliver.
Wash. AG announces injunction against Gilbert dealerships
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a preliminary injunction Monday against several auto dealerships owned by Mark Gilbert after the dealerships allegedly failed to pay off buyers' trade-in vehicles.
N.Y. AG goes after contraband cigarette dealers
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a lawsuit Monday against two companies that allegedly engaged in the illegal sale of contraband cigarettes without paying compulsory state excise taxes.
Ill. AG settles with Freeman Environmental Services
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a consent order Monday with a Union County firm that allegedly engaged in the illegal dumping of hazardous waste materials in a landfill in Desoto.
N.Y. AG announces $980,000 agreement with contractor
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $980,000 agreement Monday with a public works contractor that allegedly underpaid dozens of workers during the construction of two affordable housing projects in Brooklyn.
Fla. AG announces injunction against debt firms
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a temporary injunction and asset freeze Friday against two debt collection companies and their owner for allegedly engaging in illegal debt collection schemes.
Mass. AG announces $100,000 penalty against former treasurer
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Friday that former Treasurer Timothy Cahill will pay $100,000 and serve a pre-trial probation period of 18 months to four years after admitting to violations of state ethics law.
Arizona AG issues consumer alert about phony airbags
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne issued a consumer warning Friday about potentially dangerous and unreliable after-market airbags that are being sold to businesses and individuals in Arizona.
Colorado AG announces $6 million judgment against magazine telemarketing company
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced Thursday that the Denver District Court has ordered a magazine telemarketing company and its owner to pay $6 million to resolve allegations that they participated in a scam.
N.J. AG gets temporary restraints against deceptive Superstorm Sandy charity
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced Thursday that a court approved temporary restraints against a purported Superstorm Sandy charity to preserve the money and items donated to date.