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  • Spitzer sued for actions as AG

    By John O'Brien |
    Spitzer NEW YORK - A New York dentist has decided to follow the lead of State Farm Insurance Cos. and file suit against the state attorney general that brought criminal charges against him.

  • Kroger settles tobacco issue with group of AGs

    By John O'Brien |
    Hood The country's largest grocery store chain has reached an agreement with 41 state attorneys general and will implement measures aimed at preventing sales of tobacco products to minors.

  • Dann's speech sure to ruffle some feathers

    By John O'Brien |
    Dann CLEVELAND - Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann spoke on behalf of investors and against the federal government and two legal reform organizations in a speech he delivered Friday.

  • Tobacco settlement money going to fix Rhode Island's budget

    By John O'Brien |
    Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - When the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was signed in 1998, the attorneys general who signed it intended to use the money it provided to fund health initiatives related to tobacco use.

  • Challenge to Maine tobacco law will be heard by High Court

    By John O'Brien |
    Rowe AUGUSTA, Maine - The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lawsuit filed against the State of Maine by several motor transport associations that challenges a 2003 law regarding cigarette sales over the Internet.

  • More tobacco money for Connecticut

    By John O'Brien |
    HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday expressed his pleasure with what his office called an "unbudgeted $27 million windfall."

  • Bush bans contingency fee arrangements

    By John O'Brien |
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, President George Bush decided that a ban on hiring attorneys on a contingency fee basis to represent the U.S. government will help ensure the integrity of the legal services business.

  • AGs request information on MySpace members

    By John O'Brien |
    Blumenthal Eight state attorneys general want the social networking website MySpace.com to release information about its members who are convicted sex offenders.

  • Blumenthal reiterates need for reform

    By John O'Brien |
    Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - With Connecticut's Department of Public Utility Control ready to pursue electricity capacity contracts, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday again stressed his desire for delay.

  • ATRA: West Virginians crave change from AG's office

    By John O'Brien |
    McGraw WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Tort Reform Association has long had West Virginia on its radar, so it should surprise no one that the state was one of five chosen to be surveyed on the transparency of its attorney general's office.

  • States receive their yearly millions in tobacco money

    By John O'Brien |
    Cuomo Tobacco companies recently paid the State of New York $767 million million as a result of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

  • Gansler: Company not complying with Tobacco MSA

    By John O'Brien |
    Gansler BALTIMORE - In leading a national effort of state attorneys general, Maryland's Doug Gansler recently filed two actions against a tobacco company he says has violated the terms of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

  • Blumenthal finally running for governor

    By John O'Brien |
    Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Eliot Spitzer was once the next Richard Blumenthal.

  • CEI: Blumenthal the Baptist, MySpace the bootlegger

    By John O'Brien |
    Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants more regulations on social-networking Internet sites.

  • AG Rowe: Real ID won't work

    By John O'Brien |
    Maine AG Steven Rowe spoke Monday at the National Association of Attorneys General spring meeting. (Photo by Jason Turner) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe's position on the REAL ID Act of 2005 couldn't have been any clearer Monday during the National Association of Attorneys General spring meeting.

  • Blumenthal settlement draws group's ire

    By John O'Brien |
    Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - According to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the "pay-to-play" principle of business extends beyond the insurance companies against which he has so actively litigated.

  • Blumenthal tops group's list of 10 worst AGs

    By John O'Brien |
    Blumenthal WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new study focusing on what one organization feels is an abuse of power was released Wednesday, naming the 10 worst state attorneys general in recent history.