News from June 2007
Blumenthal sounds off on High Court's pro-business ruling
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - With businesses cleaning up in the U.S. Supreme Court, one of the most visible state attorneys general decided to voice his displeasure with a Thursday ruling that struck a 96-year-old antitrust rule.
Dann's speech sure to ruffle some feathers
Dann CLEVELAND - Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann spoke on behalf of investors and against the federal government and two legal reform organizations in a speech he delivered Friday.
Physicians Mutual wins, loses in Supreme Court
Albright CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia Physicians Mutual Insurance Company lost some freedom and gained some at the state's Supreme Court of Appeals.
Tape shows Dann cursing reporter
Dann Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's name recently made it out of the blogosphere and onto youtube.com.
Miss. insurance commissioner settling Nationwide claims
JACKSON, Miss. - Hundreds more Hurricane Katrina-related claims have been settled thanks to an agreement between Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
Drug makers must warn patients of risks, Justices rule
Davis CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Drug companies cannot escape liability for harmful prescriptions in West Virginia by laying all responsibility on doctors, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Feds not satisfied with DHHR's response in McGraw controversy
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is holding fast to its position that it is owed a share of a settlement designed by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Sorrell releases findings on drug marketing disclosures
MONTPELIER, Vt. - In his fourth report concerning pharmaceutical marketing, Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell says drug companies spent $2.25 million marketing their products to state physicians, hospitals and universities.
McGraw hit with countersuit by computer seller
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A company that recently was sued by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw has fired back.
Tobacco settlement money going to fix Rhode Island's budget
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - When the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was signed in 1998, the attorneys general who signed it intended to use the money it provided to fund health initiatives related to tobacco use.
Private insurance defender gets Idaho SC call over state rivals
Warren E. Jones BOISE -- A veteran Boise insurance defense attorney will be Idaho's newest Supreme Court Justice, Republican Gov. Butch Otter announced in a press release late yesterday.
Dann tinkers with outside counsel process
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - An April study by the American Tort Reform Association showed Ohioans overwhelmingly sought transparency from the Attorney General's office.
Crackdown on out-of-state businesses profitable, Blumenthal says
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says a crackdown on companies doing business illegally in his state saved taxpayers $1.7 million in the last fiscal year.
Challenge to Maine tobacco law will be heard by High Court
Rowe AUGUSTA, Maine - The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lawsuit filed against the State of Maine by several motor transport associations that challenges a 2003 law regarding cigarette sales over the Internet.
'08 elections should set ad-spend records after today's USSC's vote
Chief Justice John Roberts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The American business sector's winning record so far this summer at the U.S. Supreme Court must be an embarrassment to the hapless Washington Nationals.
GOP's former AG, Gov. hopeful is early S.D. Supreme Court pick
Justice Richard Sabers PIEERE -- Republican former South Dakota Attorney General Mark Barnett may be headed for a rapid rise up the state's judicial ranks.
Attorneys fees still climbing for Chungs
Manning WASHINGTON, D.C. - A litigation nightmare ended in a dream ruling for Jin and Soo Chung. Now there's the matter of the bill.
Allstate, Scruggs settle
GULFPORT, Miss. - The Scruggs Katrina Group, a team of lawyers led by prominent plaintiffs attorney Richard Scruggs, has reached an agreement with Allstate Insurance Co. to create a procedure for settling disputed claims stemming from Hurricane Katrina.
Loss total for plaintiff in $54 million missing pants suit
Pearson WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia Superior Court Judge on Monday ruled against Roy Pearson, the administrative law judge who sued his dry cleaner for $54 million for allegedly misplacing his pants, and ordered him to pay the defendants' court costs.
Legislation will give Lynch more power
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has come out the clear winner of his battle with an airport after legislation was passed late Thursday targeted at improving air quality there.