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  • Koster suing Calif. company

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a lawsuit on Thursday against a California-based company for allegedly distributing deceptive advertisements and soliciting service contracts without a license.

  • Mo. AG warns of new scam

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster warned Missouri consumers on Wednesday that scam artists are contacting state residents by telephone and mail, falsely claiming that they have won cash prizes.

  • Mo. AG joins national settlement with Walgreens

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Wednesday that Missouri will participate in a national settlement with Walgreens that returns $42,000 to the state's Medicaid program.

  • Mo. AG settles with Suzuki

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a $540,000 settlement on Monday with the American Suzuki Motor Corporation resolving allegations that a former dealership used deceptive advertisements.

  • Mo. AG files suits against alleged crammers

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced consumer fraud lawsuits against six telephone cramming companies on Wednesday for allegedly placing unauthorized charges on the telephone bills of thousands of consumers.

  • Thirty-three states settle antitrust claims

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Tuesday that Missouri and 32 other states have settled antitrust claims with two pharmaceutical companies.

  • Mo. AG sues payday lenders

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced the filing of lawsuits on Thursday in Cole County against two Internet payday lenders for allegedly lending money to Missouri consumers without registering with the state.

  • Levee detonated, despite Koster's wishes

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    BIRDS POINT, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers went ahead with its plans to detonate a Missouri levee Monday night.

  • Another health care challenge coming from Missouri

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (Legal Newsline) - Missouri's House Rules Committee passed a non-binding resolution on Monday that calls for Attorney General Chris Koster to join the multistate lawsuit challenging health care reform or file his own lawsuit.

  • Food company settles over previous settlement terms

    By Keith Loria |
    Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has announced a settlement with the owner of 11 animal feeding operations in Northwest Missouri to protect the state's water and air.

  • AG Koster drops out of health care challenge

    By John O'Brien |
    Koster ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has decided not to get involved in his state's challenge of federal health care reform.

  • Mo. AG: Lt. Gov can't represent my state

    By John O'Brien |
    Koster ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster wants to intervene in a lawsuit filed last week by Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder that challenges federal health care reform.

  • Neb. AG files antitrust suit

    By Nick Rees |
    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.

  • Stenehjem looks to dismiss NAWS suits

    By Keith Loria |
    Stenehjem BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a motion in federal court on Tuesday looking to dismiss lawsuits filed by the Province of Manitoba and the State of Missouri to stop the Northwest Area Water Supply Project.

  • Missouri governor settles with AG over e-mails

    By Chris Rizo |
    Jay Nixon (D) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt's office has settled a lawsuit that accused the Republican governor's administration of state open records laws.

  • Democrats expected to retain open AG seats

    By Chris Rizo |
    WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Of the five open state attorney general seats up for election Tuesday, Democrats are expected to win all of the races but one -- the one seat currently held by a Republican, polls indicate.

  • AG Nixon isn't joining lawsuit against governor; seeks special counsel

    By Chris Rizo |
    Jay Nixon (D) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon's office has asked a state judge name a special assistant attorney general to pursue a lawsuit against Gov. Matt Blunt over access to e-mail records.

  • Judge rejects email lawsuit against Blunt

    By Chris Rizo |
    Matt Blunt (R) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- A judge tossed out a lawsuit Friday filed by one of the investigators appointed by Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon who sued Gov. Matt Blunt over access to email records.

  • Missouri AG candidate proposes new anti-discrimination unit

    By Chris Rizo |
    Chris Koster (D) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)- A Democratic candidate for Missouri attorney general has proposed creating a ninth division in the AG's office to handle cases of discrimination.

  • Time-share company agrees to pay $339,000 settlement

    By Chris Rizo |
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-A North Carolina-based time-share broker has agreed to pay about $339,000 to settle claims by the Missouri attorney general that the company mislead customers into buying time shares.