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Spitzer sued for defamation
Spitzer NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Internet magazine Slate are being accused of defamation, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court last week. -
Iowa AG feels backlash for Schneiderman's removal
Schneiderman SALEM, Mass. (Legal Newsline) -- John L. O'Brien, register of deeds for Southern Essex County in Massachusetts, says it is "a travesty of justice" to have New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman removed from an executive committee negotiating a nationwide foreclosure settlement. -
Schneiderman removed from mortgage deal committee
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been removed from an executive committee negotiating a nationwide foreclosure settlement with the country's top lenders. -
Report: N.Y. AG wants info on companies' gas drilling
Schneiderman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is reportedly seeking documents from at least three energy companies about their drilling costs and productivity of their gas wells. -
Nev. AG concerned with nationwide mortgage settlement
Masto CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto is the latest attorney general to voice concerns over a possible settlement with the country's top mortgage servicers. -
Soldiers relieved of debt through settlement
Schneiderman WATERTOWN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Tuesday that his office has secured a $3.5 million settlement with a financing company to relieve hundreds of soldiers of their financial debt. -
Report: Del. AG wants to join fight against $8.5B settlement
Biden WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is reportedly joining the fight against a proposed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and Bank of America. -
Schneiderman alleges Bank of New York misled investors
Schneiderman MANHATTAN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is accusing Bank of New York Mellon Corp. of violating state law in a proposed $8.5 billion settlement between the bank and Bank of America. -
U.S. government wants N.Y. AG's fracking suit dismissed
Schneiderman BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) -- The federal government plans to ask a U.S. district judge to dismiss New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. -
Report: N.Y. AG's NFL probe over
Schneiderman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A spokesman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the office has stopped its investigation into the National Football League's lockout, which ended last week. -
Feds back up N.Y. AG's view on nuclear plant
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a significant federal ruling Friday in an effort to improve a Buchanan, N.Y., power plant's accident preparedness. -
Schneiderman questions $8.5B BoA deal
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, as part of his own ongoing investigation into the mortgage industry, now is questioning an $8.5 billion deal between Bank of America and more than a dozen investment firms. -
NRC mulling action against Indian Point power plant
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Tuesday that the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted a petition for fire safety enforcement at a Buchanan, N.Y.-based nuclear power plant. -
Report: N.Y. AG has antitrust concerns with NFL lockout
Schneiderman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is reportedly investigating whether the National Football League's ongoing lockout violates New York's antitrust law. -
CNN gives up on Spitzer's show
Spitzer ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - CNN is dropping a show hosted by former New York attorney general and governor Eliot Spitzer. -
Developer ordered to pay $7.4M in restitution
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Wednesday that a real estate developer and his company have been permanently barred from selling apartments in the state. -
Schneiderman says breast cancer charity funneled donations
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against a charity that had allegedly funneled donation money to organization insiders and fundraisers. -
Report: N.Y. AG's probe of mortgage industry growing
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reportedly expanded his probe of the mortgage industry, now requesting documents from a handful of financial institutions that act as trustees for mortgage bond trusts. -
N.Y. AG upset with gas stations
Schneiderman WATERTOWN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Several Watertown gas stations have been issued cease and desist letters by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday over alleged false advertising of prices. -
Car dealer faces civil suit, criminal charges
Schneiderman BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Wednesday that he was suing the owner of a now-defunct car dealership that allegedly ripped off customers.