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N.Y. AG sues Sprint-Nextel for more than $300 million in taxes
Schneiderman MANHATTAN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Sprint-Nextel Corp. for "deliberately" under-collecting and underpaying millions of dollars in New York state and local sales taxes. -
N.Y. AG nets $2.3M in settlements
Schneiderman WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced two Medicaid fraud settlements on Wednesday with Westchester hospitals resulting in more than $2.3 million in recovered taxpayer funds. -
Report: N.Y. AG seeks to intervene in $8.5 billion bank settlement
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is again coming out against a proposed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. -
N.Y. AG worried about mortgage settlement scam
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman alerted New York homeowners to a mortgage settlement scam on Tuesday in which scam artists claim to provide assistance connected to the recent national mortgage servicing settlement. -
N.Y. AG sues with former nursing home director
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced an $871,000 settlement on Wednesday with Ruby Weston, a former director of two Brooklyn nursing homes, for allegedly receiving excessive and unauthorized compensation. -
N.Y. AG announces settlement over Brooke Astor estate
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the settlement on Wednesday of the long-contested Brooke Astor estate, enabling $100 million that was in limbo to begin going toward charities. -
NY AG settles with firm over foreclosure practices for $4M
Schneiderman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has settled with a Buffalo law firm over its foreclosure practices for $4 million. -
N.Y. AG concerned with Craigslist scams
Schneiderman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a consumer alert on Wednesday urging New Yorkers to protect themselves from fraud after an increase in complaints about Craigslist rental scams. -
N.Y. AG continues fight against roll-your-own cigarette stores
Schneiderman SYRACUSE, New York (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a federal lawsuit on Friday against Tobacco House C.C.W. Inc. in Dewitt for allegedly evading cigarette taxes by providing customers with materials and equipment for roll-your-own cigarettes. -
N.Y. AG changes how Excellus does business
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement on Thursday with Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, resolving allegations of the wrongful denial of childhood lead screening tests. -
Five banks agree to pay N.Y. $25 million over MERS
Schneiderman WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Five of the nation's largest banks have agreed, in a federal court filing this week, to pay the state of New York $25 million to settle claims over their use of a private national mortgage electronic registry system. -
N.Y. companies face lawsuit over roll-your-own cigarettes
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York City Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo jointly filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against two cigarette companies for allegedly evading taxes. -
Ohio AG sues bank for alleged improper trades
DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon for allegedly making improper foreign exchange trades on behalf of the state's two retirement funds. -
Oklahoma could ban lawsuit financing
Baker OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - A year after the lawsuit financing industry tried to have its legislative agenda passed in nine states, a bill that would ban the practice is pending in the Oklahoma Senate. -
N.Y. AG settles with Home Depot over trailers
Schneiderman SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement on Friday with Home Depot USA Inc. resolving allegations that it sold trailers that did not comply with the state's Motor Vehicles Law. -
N.Y. AG says scammers targeting grandparents
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a warning on Thursday to New Yorkers about the rise in reports of so-called grandparent scams, where perpetrators impersonate relatives in need. -
Drug companies settling multistate claims
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced settlements totaling $28 million on Tuesday with two pharmaceutical companies that allegedly violated Medicaid regulations. -
N.Y. AG settlement yields restitution for restaurant workers
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement on Tuesday with Veranda, a restaurant and lounge in Manhattan, resolving allegations that it allegedly underpaid workers and unjustly terminated employees. -
Substance abuse group endorses Schneiderman's plan
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the endorsement on Monday of his Internet System for Tracking Overprescribing plan by a professional association representing 20 providers that treat substance abuse. -
Schneiderman settles suit with discount club for $2M
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $2 million settlement on Thursday to resolve allegations that New York consumers were tricked into enrolling in a discount club with hidden fees.