News from March 2007
Business, AGs growing apart, former Solicitor General says
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former legal advisor to President Clinton warned state attorneys general Tuesday that there is a growing problem between them and big businesses.
U.S. Chamber speaks to NAAG
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Counterfeiting and piracy are becoming larger problems and costing people their jobs, members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the National Association of Attorneys General Tuesday.
Supreme Court ruling keeps Idaho's water flowing downstream
Justice Linda Copple Trout BOISE -- The towns and farmlands of eastern Idaho are safe from being dried-out, for the time being, thanks to a unanimous ruling yesterday by the Idaho Supreme Court.
AG Rowe: Real ID won't work
Maine AG Steven Rowe spoke Monday at the National Association of Attorneys General spring meeting. (Photo by Jason Turner)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe's position on the REAL ID Act of 2005 couldn't have been any clearer Monday during the National Association of Attorneys General spring meeting.
Securities industry asks for help from AGs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The President-Elect of the oldest securities association in the United States on Monday asked for cooperation from the state attorneys general attending the National Association of Attorneys General spring meeting.
NAAG spring meeting kicks off
John Walsh spoke Monday at the National Association of Attorneys General annual meeting in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jason Turner) WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Association of Attorneys General, currently holding its annual spring meeting, is celebrating its 100th year -- though President Thurbert Baker isn't sure of what after talking with an attendee.
Governor's self-interest drops Madigan from suit: critic
Lisa Madigan SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's move to dump Attorney General Lisa Madigan as his advocate in a controversial case is taking a hammering.
Supreme Court 'taxing' class-action cases by delay, says opponent
A Texas-based legal observer and class-action proponent has slammed last Friday's Supreme Court decision in a long-running class-action suit trial.
Both candidates get airing in divided Supreme Court race
Annette Ziegler It was a busy weekend for followers of the battleground race for the vacant seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Lawyer taking on Starbucks not registered with state
A parking lot slip-and-fall outside a Starbucks establishment is the cause of a recent personal injury action brought against the corporation. The plaintiff is represented by Lawrence P. Maya of Chicago's Deer & Stone, P.C.
W.Va. group sends AG sunblock in case open governbill bill passes
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A tube of sunblock protection has been sent to West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in anticipation that an open government bill in the state Legislature will become law.
Doctor's orders, not medical basis, still the Workers' Comp standard in Delaware
Berger DOVER, Del. - The Delaware Supreme Court recently held a doctor's no work order is good enough for a Workers' Compensation claimant to receive total disability benefits, even if no medical basis is shown for it.
Classes in class-action suits must meet guidelines, SC rules
Justice Dale Wainwright AUSTIN -- The Texas Supreme Court decertified a class action lawsuit in a unanimous but lengthy opinion released today.
Gov. doesn't want AG on team in Federal subpoena fight
Lisa Madigan SPRINGFIELD, IL -- The public rift between Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Governor Rod Blagojevich is growing deeper.
Attorney: AG Hood misrepresenting State Farm's position
Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sounded as confused as most observers when he tried to explain to a House subcommittee how State Farm Insurance Co. is applying its policies to homeowners claims after Hurricane Katrina, an insurance attorney said Thursday.
W.Va. AG hands out more settlement money
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In a span of two weeks after promising otherwise, Attorney General Darrell McGraw handed out $500,000 in lawsuit settlement money.
Oregon AG nabs tobacco black-marketers dodging high tax rates
Hardy Myers SALEM -- Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers today announced a swathe of arrests in a crime as old as taxation itself.
SC won't hear hospital's appeal in self-insured doctor's case
CAMC General Hospital CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Dr. R.E. Hamrick often wondered why, if he'd never paid out a medical malpractice claim, his medical malpractice insurance premium was so high.
Supreme Court rules narrowly for trucker in overtime case
Justice Barbara Madsen SPOKANE -- Washington's interstate truck drivers are entitled to overtime pay no matter where they work during the extra hours, the Washington Supreme Court ruled today.