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Corbett reaches settlement with gym
Corbett HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Members of a suburban Philadelphia gym could be seeing partial refunds as part of a consumer protection settlement filed by state Attorney General Tom Corbett this week.
Neb. AG files antitrust suit
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.
Natural gas company agrees to settlement over air quality violations
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Allegations that an interstate natural gas pipeline and a metering station in Dracut, Mass., violated state air quality regulations have led to a settlement between the owner and state Attorney General Martha Coakley.
Wash. programs to benefit from Enron settlement
McKenna SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Utility customers who were gouged by Enron's manufactured energy crisis in 2000 and 2001 will see payback this week as Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna has sent over $9 million to programs to benefit those customers in his state.
Idaho part of 22-state vitamin settlement
Wasden
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - Idaho businesses that were indirect purchasers of vitamins will see refunds following a legal settlement with a group of manufacturers, state Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced.
Blumenthal probes flu drug prices
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has begun asking major pharmacies for details about their Tamiflu pricing policies as part of an investigation into complaints of erratic and excessive prices for the flu drug.
Lawsuit alleges cemetery services acquisition would be anticompetitve
Masto LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) - Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has filed a lawsuit alleging that the proposed purchase of Palm Mortuary, Inc., by Service Corporation International would violate federal and state antitrust laws.
Nine N.J. companies assessed civil penalties and restitution
Milgram NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Notices of violation have been sent by the Division of Consumer Affairs to nine New Jersey-based companies for allegedly offering loan modification services to consumers without being licensed.
CVS targeted in Blumenthal suit
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has announced a lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy, Inc., for allegedly selling food, beverages and over-the-counter medications past their expiration dates.
Ohio fire repair company faces lawsuit over work
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A Columbus company that allegedly targeted Ohioans whose homes had recently been damaged by fire is facing a lawsuit from state Attorney General Ricard Cordray alleging the company took advantage of those homeowners.
Missouri AG files suit against Florida loan modification company‏
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.
Minn. clinic sued for falsely enrolling patients in credit program
Lori Swanson (D) ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed a lawsuit against a chiropractic clinic that allegedly enrolled patients in health care credit card programs without their consent.
Two lawsuits filed over false billing of Vermont Medicaid
MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - Two prosecutions have been announced by Attorney General William Sorrell and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont relating to schemes to defraud the Vermont Medicaid Program.
Colorado to receive more than $42 million as part of Asarco reorganization‏
John Suthers (R) DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado's state and federal government will receive more than $42 million as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan approved for Asarco Inc., and related companies.
Pennsylvania stores dealing in counterfeit purses shuts down‏
Tom Corbett (R) HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - A Lackawanna County, Pa., business that dealt in counterfeit designer items has been closed as the result of a consumer protection settlement.
Settlement reached with Internet-based health supplement subscription company‏
Bill McCollum (R) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Attorney General Bill McCollum has reached a settlement agreement with an Internet-based provider of non-prescription dietary and health supplements that allegedly trapped consumers in a subscription plan.
Conn. AG sues to stop New York group's land grab‏
Richard Blumenthal (D) HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a lawsuit to stop a New York group from illegally seizing a 160-acre property in Litchfield owned by the Connecticut Junior Republic.
Mass. to receive $4.25 million as part of settlement over misreported nasal spray prices‏
Martha Coakley (D) BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - An international drug company has agreed to pay $4.25 million to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program to resolve allegations that it knowingly misreported best prices for Azmacort, Nasacort and Nasacort AQ, which are steroid-based anti-inflammatory nasal sprays.
Pa. AG files suit against mortgage rescue firms
Tom Corbett (R) HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Four mortgage rescue businesses and their officers are facing lawsuits from Attorney General Tom Corbett over alleged deception of Pennsylvania consumers who were seeking help modifying their mortgage loans.
N.Y. landowners given right to negotiate with natural gas company over false lease claims
Mario Cuomo (D) ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has
reached an agreement with a natural gas company that will allow
consumers misled into extending their natural gas leases with the
company to renegotiate their terms.