Cretul TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The eyes of tort reformers -- and of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's staff -- remain on Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul Thursday.
King SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) - New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is the latest state official to catch flak from the Wall Street Journal over his relationship with Houston-based plaintiffs firm Bailey Perrin Bailey.
Reichley HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Three of Pennsylvania's Republican lawmakers are using the recent attention Gov. Ed Rendell has received over a controversial legal contract to again push for more transparency in their government.
Corbett HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Houston-based plaintiffs firm Bailey Perrin Bailey had its chance to impress Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett but could not and never tried again.
McMaster COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina lawmakers will not be able to stop Gov. Mark Sanford's refusal of $700 million in federal stimulus money, state Attorney General Henry McMaster recently wrote.
John Sullivan SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hearing news that Democratic Assembly Speaker Karen Bass has formed a task force to develop strategies to spur economic growth, the Civil Justice Association of California continue to pressure lawsuits to enact tort reform that would entice businesses to move to California.
Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Not surprisingly, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is upset that Merrill Lynch accelerated bonus payments to its executives before its deal to become part of Bank of America went through.
U.S. Capitol building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Legislation called a potential "trial lawyer bonanza" by the Wall Street Journal is winding its way through Congress.
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Merrill Lynch will not pay its CEO a $10 million bonus, much to the delight of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-A Wall Street Journal opinion article that claimed California Attorney General Jerry Brown had waged "war on the suburbs" continues to reverberate around rural and suburban towns in California.
Jerry Brown (D) STOCKTON, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-A new plan to curb urban sprawl crafted under the influence of Attorney General Jerry Brown narrowly passed the Stockton City Council last night, infuriating local business leaders and developers who say they invested five years in the plan before Brown jumped into the fray.
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- Scrutiny of potential partnerships between Internet giants Yahoo and Google ramped up Tuesday with news that the U.S. Justice Department has hired a powerhouse outside litigator and California Attorney General Jerry Brown is considering his own investigation.
Jerry Brown (D) STOCKTON, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A last-minute court appeal to block a deal over future growth hammered out between the city of Stockton and the Attorney General Jerry Brown and the Sierra Club failed Monday.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- The challenger has adopted the role of ethical reformer. The incumbent claims to be the humble target of corporate retaliation.
Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)--California Attorney General Jerry Brown told Legal Newsline he believes America needs an efficiency expert.
Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Legal Newsline)-The Wall Street Journal has asked the country's top business and political leaders a question: How would you spend $10 billion of American resources over the next four years to improve the state of the world?
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Oxycontin could be the Kryptonite to the power built by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw during this decade and a half in office.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- New York's Eliot Spitzer made may have made the practice fashionable, but West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has a lengthy and enduring pattern of hiring outside counsel and appointing special assistants to help bring sizable financial settlements to the state coffers.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown may or may not be waging war on the state's suburbs, but he is pretty determined to send some shots across the bow of The Wall Street Journal.
Bill McCollum (R) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline)-Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's recent lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp., accusing the mortgage lender of deceptive practices, has drawn some criticism.