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Schneiderman suing Pa. power plant
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Thursday that he is suing a major Pennsylvania electric power plant over multiple violations of the federal Clean Air Act. -
Dental chain shutting its doors
Cuomo BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A New York-based dental chain has closed all 52 of its offices nationwide, citing financial problems. -
Insurers paying $120M in New York
Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Outgoing New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced that four insurance groups have agreed to pay nearly $120 million in excess funds to the state. -
N.Y. pension fund settlement worth $10M
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday that he has reached an agreement with the former founding principal of a private equity firm that allegedly misappropriated money from the state's public pension fund. -
McMaster the latest to accuse Trilegiant
McMaster SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Four years after being part of a $14.5 million settlement with 15 state attorneys general, Trilegiant is still being accused of enrolling unwitting consumers into buying clubs. -
Cuomo files fraud suit against Ernst & Young
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Ernst & Young LLP, charging the accounting firm with helping Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc., engage in accounting fraud. -
Two adopt Cuomo's code
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that a hedge fund manager and an equity firm have agreed to adopt his Public Pension Fund Reform Code of Conduct. -
Work of AGs, supreme courts explored in 'hellhole' report
McCollum WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - As usual, state attorneys general and state supreme courts received a share of the attention in the American Tort Reform Association's annual Judicial Hellholes report. -
Wall Street enforcer joining Goldman Sachs
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - An employee of the New York Attorney General's Office is leaving to work as an associate general counsel at Goldman Sachs, according to a Wall Street Journal blog. -
Lobbyist settles in Cuomo's pension fund probe
Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced agreements with Albany-based lobbyist Patricia Lynch Associates, Inc., and with pension fund advisor Aldus Equity in his office's public pension fund investigation. -
Schneiderman focused on consequences of financial crisis
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General-elect Eric Schneiderman, in an interview published Thursday, outlined some of his priorities as the state's new top lawyer. -
AGs in six states put under microscope in ATRA report
Troy King WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A tort reform group says, in a new report, that some plaintiffs attorneys have used their relationships with state attorneys general as "a litigious cash cow." -
Cuomo files suit over equity kickbacks
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed two lawsuits on Thursday against the former founding principal of a private equity firm that was allegedly involved in kickbacks. -
Cuomo settles over Greenpoint oil spill
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he has reached a $25 million settlement with an oil giant that was allegedly responsible for an oil spill in Greenpoint, N.Y. -
N.Y. AG-elect names transition team
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General-elect Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced the creation of a so-called bipartisan transition committee that will help recruit "top legal talent" to join the attorney general's staff and to provide policy recommendations. -
Cuomo follows father's path, wins governor race
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo easily defeated Republican Carl Paladino to become the state's next governor. -
Cuomo leads, AG candidates tied in Siena poll
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - With just a day left before the general election, New York's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo maintains a sizable lead over GOP opponent Carl Paladino. -
Cuomo files suit against FedEx
Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo is suing Federal Express' ground package delivery unit, alleging it is violating state labor laws. -
Schneiderman raises $1.3M more
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York attorney general hopeful Eric Schneiderman on Friday reported having raised more than $6 million during his campaign and roughly $1.3 million during the most recent filing period. -
Hollywood backing Schneiderman in New York
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York attorney general hopeful Eric Schneiderman has received an endorsement from another Hollywood A-lister.