News from August 2007
Cal. SC rules for lawsuits over arbitration in overtime disputes
Justice Carlos R. Moreno SACRAMENTO -- For the second time in just over four months, the California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of labor over employers in an overtime-pay dispute.
Defibrillator company settles with 36 attorneys general
Guidant Corp. has reached a settlement with a group of state attorneys general who claim one of the company's implantable cardioverter defibrillators is unsafe.
McGraw committee holds second meeting
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw recently held a second meeting with his Citizens Advisory Committee, focusing talk on recent consumer protection litigation while thanking the committee for ideas for two freshly installed programs.
Let Hawaiian majority rule to protect Superferry service: author
Malia Zimmerman HONOLULU -- Protesters emboldened by a recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision halting part of a new intra-island ferry service have now pulled the plug on the entire service.
Scrap MO's 'non-partisan' Supreme Court Judge selection: WSJ piece
Missouri Supreme Court JEFFERSON CITY -- The internal process for filling vacancies on the Missouri Supreme Court should be replaced with a popular election, according to a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece today.
Dann appeals restraining order against his gaming rule
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio state judge should not have granted a temporary restraining order that allowed the maker of an electronic gaming machine to continue doing business while the issue of its legality is decided, Attorney General Marc Dann is claiming.
McCollum helps stop rate increase
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum was excited to see the nation's largest publicly traded utility withdraw its request for a rate increase in his state.
Ohio's Dann goes Spitzer in bid-rigging lawsuit v. insurance giants
Marc Dann COLUMBUS -- One prominent insurer sued Monday by Ohio Attorney General Mark Dann over bid-rigging allegations says it's already paid up plenty to Ohioans over similar claims.
Ohio Court won't allow electric company to charge extra
Stratton COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's Supreme Court on Wednesday approved nearly all of a rate-certainty plan for FirstEnergy Corp., though it struck down a provision that would have allowed the company to recover fuel costs incurred in power generation operations.
McGraw criticized by past, future AG challenger
Lewis MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - It's a little surprising to Hiram Lewis to see West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw involved in a controversy like the current spat with a federal Medicaid agency that may cost the state $4.1 million.
AGs unite against proposed merger
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the day U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned, the Department of Justice received a little criticism from 12 state attorneys general in one of his old cases.
Gaming company saved from Dann's order
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio state judge decided Friday that enforcing Attorney General Marc Dann's ban on electronic gaming machines would cause irreparable harm to a maker of the game Tic Tac Fruit and granted its request for a temporary restraining order.
FDA gives in to Blumenthal's demands
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Apparently criticism will get Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal everywhere.
Alaska insurers can't use old credit on policy renewals, SC rules
Justice Robert L. Eastaugh JUNEAU -- A recent Alaska Supreme Court decision could force low-risk policyholders to subsidize homeowners and higher-risk insurees, an industry group charges.
Former Ky. Justice dies
FRANKFORT, Ky. - William McAnulty Jr., the first black Supreme Court justice in Kentucky, passed away Thursday night in his Louisville home at the age of 59.
Colleges amass financial records of big-time athletes in NCAA class action
LOS ANGELES -- California class action attorneys seek hundreds of millions in something like back pay for 48,000 college football and men's basketball players.
Tough-guy lawman can't best Ariz. AG's lawyer in probe shoot-out
Terry Goddard PHOENIX -- A high-profile county sheriff says Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard isn't cooperating with his investigation into possible corruption involving the AG's office.
Ohio SC stays consistent on business issues
Cupp COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Supreme Court of Ohio recently entered another 5-2 pro-business decision, ruling Wednesday that automobile insurance companies may deny coverage for uninsured motorists who are immune from liability.
Blumenthal, oysters stop gas pipeline
Blumenthal BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Thanks to a federal court ruling protecting Connecticut's seafood industry, a 45-mile natural gas pipeline will not be constructed in the Long Island Sound.
Lawmakers speak on W. Va. settlement controversy
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - So how can the State of West Virginia recover from having $4.1 million in Medicaid funds withheld by the federal government?