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Pethtel Sentenced in Lemhi County Manslaughter
Tel William Pethtel, 29, a resident of Bonneville County, was sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence for the shooting death of another man in Lemhi County, Idaho, Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced. -
Attorney General: District Court ruling undermines Open Meetings Law – more to come
The State Board of Education’s consideration around the University of Phoenix was anything but open and transparent. -
Attorney General Labrador announces $350 million settlement with marketing firm over role in opioid epidemic
Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. -
NYSE Withdraws Proposal to List Natural Asset Companies One Week After Attorney General Labrador’s Letter of Protest
In a win for Attorney General Raúl Labrador and a coalition of 24 other states, the New York Stock Exchange withdrew a recently proposed rule change that would have allowed it to list “Natural Asset Companies” (NACs) on the exchange. -
Idaho Joint Letter to SEC Commissioners regarding Natural Asset Companies and Notice of Withdrawal
Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change to Amend the NYSE Listed Company Manual to Adopt Listing Standards for Natural Asset Companies. -
Attorney General Labrador Leads Nationwide Fight Against California’s Unconstitutional Assault Weapons Ban
Attorney General Raúl Labrador led a coalition of 27 states in filing an Amicus Curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Second Amendment, asking the Court to affirm the lower court’s decision to enjoin California’s unconstitutional Assault Weapons Control Act (AWCA) in Miller v. Bonta. -
SCOTUS Grants Immediate Stay in Defense of Life Act Litigation
Acting in response to the Idaho Attorney General’s emergency application, the Supreme Court of the United States today took the rare step of granting an immediate stay of the preliminary injunction issued by a U.S. District Judge in State of Idaho v. United States of America, which prevented Idaho from implementing its Defense of Life Act. -
Attorney General Responds to Court Blocking Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act
A federal judge preliminarily enjoined an Idaho law that protects young girls and boys from being experimentally treated with mastectomies, penectomies, puberty blockers, and other irreversible and untested treatments. -
Ada County District Court Judge Dismisses Claims Challenging Idaho’s Abortion Laws
Ada County District Court judge granted most of Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s Motion to Dismiss in Adkins v. State of Idaho, a challenge led by a New York-based advocacy group to Idaho’s criminal abortion laws. -
Attorney General Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Expanding Abortion in Idaho
The Attorney General’s Office presented oral arguments for a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint in Idaho’s Fourth District Court in Boise today before the Honorable Jason Scott. -
Attorney General Investigators Arrest Two Men for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested two men across Idaho on Thursday, November 30th, 2023, for alleged sexual exploitation and enticement of a child. -
26 Attorneys General Demand Congress Grant State Officials Power to Perform Immigration Functions
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 24 other attorneys general in pushing Congress to grant state officials the power to perform immigration functions when the Biden administration refuses—as is happening right now at the nation’s border with Mexico. -
Fourth District Court Rules Idaho Falls School District 2023 Plant Facilities Levy Illegal
The Fourth District Court of the State of Idaho rules Idaho Falls School District’s 2023 plant facilities levy is illegal and must be set aside. -
Attorney General Investigators Arrest Bonneville County Man for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested an Ammon man on Monday, October 30, for alleged sexual exploitation of a child. -
Idaho attorney general reaches settlement with magazine company to refund advertisers
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – The owners of an Idaho Falls, Idaho-based company that published lifestyle magazines has reached a settlement agreement with the state's attorney general over claims the magazine took funds for advertising space from businesses and never published. -
Idaho: Clock repairman shut down business without returning items to customers
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) — Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced June 1 that Steven J. Hernandez, a clock repairman in Boise, will settle allegations he allegedly closed his business while still in possession of consumer property. -
Idaho AG won't oppose the sale of St. Joseph hospital to for-profit firm
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden will not oppose the proposed sale of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital in Lewiston, to a for-profit subsidiary of Tennessee-based health care provider. -
Idaho attorney general settles with boat builder who allegedly deceived consumers
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) — Christopher Bohnenkamp, owner of the now-defunct Bohnenkamp’s Whitewater Customs Inc. and Treasure Valley Marine Inc., has agreed to settle allegations of failing to deliver custom-built boats and trailers to clients as promised, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. -
PCPC to pay $9,000 in restitution after allegations of deceiving consumers in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Private Client Payment Corp. (PCPC) has agreed to settle allegations of misleading state businesses, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. PCPC will pay $9,000 in restitution to business owners who filed complaints. -
FanDuel, DraftKings to stop offering paid daily fantasy sports contests in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced that executives at FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc., two companies offering paid daily fantasy sports contests, agreed to stop providing those contests to consumers in Idaho.