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Recent News About New York State Executive - Attorney General

• Another student lender settles with Cuomo

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 1:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday reached an agreement with Wells Fargo, meaning he has now settled with the five largest providers of student loans.

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• Student lenders unhappy with budget resolution

  By John O'Brien | Monday, May 21, 2007 @ 2:00pm

  Cuomo While the cost of student lending goes up, so too might the cost of student loans.

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• Cuomo unhappy with Dell

  By John O'Brien | Friday, May 18, 2007 @ 4:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - Claiming it engaged in unlawful financing tactics and didn't provide adequate customer service, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed suit Wednesday against Dell, one of the world's top computer companies.

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• Pa., insurance company settle bid-rigging allegations

  By John O'Brien | Monday, May 14, 2007 @ 1:00pm

  Corbett HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has reached a settlement with ACE, Limited, an insurance company he says engaged in bid-rigging practices.

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• U.S. House passes student loan bill

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, May 9, 2007 @ 4:00pm

  Cuomo WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a law that will require colleges and lenders to provide detailed accounts of any arrangements they might have.

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• N.J. joins college loan investigation

  By John O'Brien | Monday, May 7, 2007 @ 4:00pm

  Rabner TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner recently served subpoenas on several organizations that deal with college loans, making him one of several state attorneys general who have followed New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's lead.

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• Cuomo trying something new

  By John O'Brien | Monday, May 7, 2007 @ 4:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has shifted some of the focus in his investigation into the college loan industry and has began serving alumni associations with subpoenas.

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• Baby bibs full of lead, Cuomo said

  By John O'Brien | Friday, May 4, 2007 @ 12:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - As lead paint litigation spreads across the country, a pair of state attorneys general say lead exposure is, too.

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• Exxon will pay $2 mil to New Hampshire

  By John O'Brien | Monday, Apr 30, 2007 @ 2:00pm

  Ayotte CONCORD, N.H. - ExxonMobil and New Hampshire Attorney Kelly Ayotte recently decided the company will repay more than $2 million it received from the state.

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• Cuomo's crusade produces legislation

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Apr 27, 2007 @ 3:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - On the same day he bashed the federal government for not enforcing regulations regarding the student loan industry, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo applauded his own state's legislature for passing measures of its own.

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• AG Cuomo testifies before Congress

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 @ 1:00pm

  Cuomo WASHINGTON, D.C. - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo took his investigation of student lenders on the road today, testifying before the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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• Multi-state agreements reached in student loan investigation

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Apr 24, 2007 @ 2:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - The firsts keep on coming in New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation of the student loan industry.

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• Cuomo files first student loan suit against school

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Apr 20, 2007 @ 2:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - Drexel University will be the first school to have a lawsuit filed against it in what is becoming a nationwide probe into student loan practices.

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• Student loan shakedowns spreading as Brown probes Cuomo victim

  By Legal News Line | Wednesday, Apr 18, 2007 @ 6:00am

  Jerry Brown The spreading feeding frenzy among state attorneys-general over probing links between colleges and student loan companies has officially gone national.

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• Sallie Mae settles with New York AG

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Apr 13, 2007 @ 2:00pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - The nation's largest student loan provider on Wednesday settled with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who recently filed the first college loan lawsuit in a nationwide investigation into the industry.

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• Midwest attorneys-general follow Cuomo's lead on lender links

  By Legal News Line | Friday, Apr 13, 2007 @ 11:00am

  Lisa Madigan SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has begun investigating possible financial links between all the state's colleges and its student loan providers after recent revelations at two public universities.

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• Dann to receive boxes of Marsh & McLennan information

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Apr 6, 2007 @ 1:00pm

  Dann CLEVELAND - Insurance brokerage Marsh & McLennan will turn over 614 boxes of subpoenaed information to Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann by the end of the month after signing a stipulated order.

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• Cuomo files first student loan suit

  By John O'Brien | Monday, Mar 26, 2007 @ 5:58pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday filed the first lawsuit in a nationwide investigation into the college loan industry.

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• AG Cuomo sues Exxon

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Feb 8, 2007 @ 3:39pm

  Cuomo NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has decided to sue Exxon Mobil and four other companies over a 17-million-gallon oil spill.

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• N.Y. settlement should have national impact, attorney says

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007 @ 3:54pm

  Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. - When New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo reached a settlement with three online advertisers hoping to prevent pop-up ads, he probably made no distinction that the ads would only stop popping up in his state, said the attorney who filed the first lawsuit of that kind.

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