News from April 2007
Multi-state agreements reached in student loan investigation
Cuomo NEW YORK - The firsts keep on coming in New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation of the student loan industry.
Cocaine already off Conn. shelves
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Less than a week after he called for it, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced Monday that the energy drink Cocaine has been embargoed.
Dann planning more visibility for outside counsel contracts
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new hire in his office will help reform the process used when Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann awards contracts to outside counsel.
Alabamans wary of AG conflicts of interest
King WASHINGTON, D.C. - Alabama Attorney General Troy King is most known for his relationship with a utility company last summer that caused a conflict-of-interest debate.
ATRA: Ohioans have strong opinions about AG's office
Dann WASHINGTON, D.C. - In releasing its Ohio results from a recently conducted survey on the transparency of five state attorneys' general offices, the American Tort Reform Association said the state should make its tough laws a little tougher.
ATRA: West Virginians crave change from AG's office
McGraw WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Tort Reform Association has long had West Virginia on its radar, so it should surprise no one that the state was one of five chosen to be surveyed on the transparency of its attorney general's office.
ATRA releases results of transparency poll
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Tort Reform Association says its new survey proves what common sense should have already suggested.
Cuomo files first student loan suit against school
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.
N.H. business will pay $76K in penalties
Ayotte CONCORD, N.H. - In settling allegations made by the State of New Hampshire, Durgin and Crowell, Inc., will pay the state $76,000 in penalties.
Blumenthal hoping New York shares opposition to Broadwater
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is trying to enlist help from the State of New York in his fight against Broadwater Energy, which is seeking a permit for a liquefied gas facility.
Blumenthal's beverage concerns continue with Cocaine
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Saying it glamorizes drug use, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently threatened the makers of the energy drink Cocaine.
Hearing set on order to grill Southeast Texas Record journalists
BEAUMONT, Texas -- A Jefferson County judge will hear arguments on a motion to quash the depositions of two Beaumont journalists accused of tampering with a jury.
Judicial Comm. decides tomorrow if Ziegler faces second hearing
Annette Ziegler MADISON -- Wisconsin's Ethics Board has turned up the heat on the state's Judicial Commission over ethics allegations against newly-elected Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler.
Dann files merit brief in controversial case
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann recently defended his position on the veto of Senate Bill 117, which paved the way for his lawsuit against lead paint manufacturers and is being challenged by the General Assembly.
Rabner claims mercury reduction victory
Rabner TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner says his office recently cleared a major legal hurdle in defending the state's regulations on mercury emissions.
States receive their yearly millions in tobacco money
Cuomo Tobacco companies recently paid the State of New York $767 million million as a result of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Gov. can bench attorney general in fight to release fed. subpoenas
Lisa Madigan SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has won a battle to boot Attorney General Lisa Madigan from his legal team in a controversial public-access lawsuit.
Student loan shakedowns spreading as Brown probes Cuomo victim
Jerry Brown The spreading feeding frenzy among state attorneys-general over probing links between colleges and student loan companies has officially gone national.
CVS joins RadioShack on Abbott's document-tossing suit docket
Abbott makes his case against CVS AUSTIN -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's dogged department of dumpster-divers has landed him another big lawsuit.
Woullard class action against State Farm dismissed
Hood GULFPORT, Miss. - In a move that seemed to surprise no one, a federal judge on Monday dismissed the long-troubled Woullard class certification attempt that was part of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's proposed settlement with State Farm Insurance Co.