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Attorney General Miyares Announces Norfolk Ceasefire Conviction
Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that a federal jury convicted a Norfolk man on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. -
Attorney General Miyares Obtains Order Requiring Prehired to Provide Students More than $30 Million in Relief for Illegal Student Lending Practices
Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that student lender Prehired will provide more than $30 million in relief to student borrowers, for making false promises of job placement, trapping students with “income share” loans that violated the law, and resorting to abusive debt collection practices when borrowers could not pay. -
20 AGs threaten legal action if Disinformation Governance Board is not dismantled
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Georgia, Kentucky, Florida, and Texas are among 20 states whose attorneys general have signed off on a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding that his Disinformation Governance Board be immediately dismantled. -
Virginia Attorney General ordered to 'perform additional search' for Bloomberg climate change documents
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares has been ordered to perform an additional search for documents related to billionaire climate litigation advocate Michael Bloomberg requested by a watchdog. -
SCOTUS hears arguments in fight over pipeline under Appalachian Trail; 18 AGs support project
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments over whether a 605-mile natural gas pipeline can be constructed under parts of the Appalachian Trail. -
Virginia doesn't want one of Bloomberg's environmental prosecutors sent to its AG's office
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – Virginia’s two houses of its General Assembly have taken a stand against Bloomberg Philanthropies' attempt to hire environmental activist lawyers to sue major companies such as Exxon and Chevron over global warming.