Brown SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) - In perhaps the closest watched gubernatorial race in the country, Jerry Brown reclaimed the office with a win Tuesday over Republican Meg Whitman.
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court decided Tuesday that 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement is constitutional, ruling against a challenge by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the federal government's conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerous to humans has failed on the regulatory front.
Brown WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown is the worst current state attorney general, according to a group that promotes free enterprise and limited government.
Granholm LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) -- The Supreme Court of Michigan earlier this month reversed an initiative of Gov. Jennifer Granholm that would've barred insurance companies from considering customers' credit ratings when setting rates.
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons plans to make an issue out of a comment made by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, his possible opponent for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Green NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - After years of waiting, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal finally has his perfect opportunity to reach a higher office, a Yale University political science professor said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have decided to hear a case challenging the 2002 creation of an agency that oversees the auditors of public companies.
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SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in Louisiana was asked Monday to rule 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement signed by 52 states and territories unconstitutional.
Spitzer NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Eliot Spitzer might have lost his job as New York's governor because of a prostitution scandal, but he apparently won't lose his freedom.
Corbett PHILADELPHIA - Tobaccco settlement season is nearing, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett wants his say in how his state's money will be used.
Spitzer NEW YORK - Faced with a potentially career-ending prostitution scandal, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is being called on to resign by the state's Republican party.
Spitzer NEW YORK -- Eliot Spitzer, who parlayed his aggressive approach to the Attorney General's office into a successful run at Governor in New York, reportedly has been caught on a federal wiretap soliciting a prostitute.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - In preparation for the 2008 election, West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has built a campaign site that blames the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for what he perceives as misinformation about him being spread.
Scruggs OXFORD, Miss. - No longer will prominent trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs represent his clients who have pending Hurricane Katrina-related lawsuits their insurance companies.
Barrett JACKSON, Miss. - After receiving letters to the contrary, four judges in Mississippi received word Thursday that indicted attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs would not be dropping his law firm out of all Hurricane Katrina-related suits.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The appeal of a March Kanawha Circuit Court decision against West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw made its first appearance in the state's Supreme Court Tuesday.