News from 2007
Stumbo offers price gouging evidence to Congress
Stumbo FRANKFORT, Ky. - The first attorney general to allege price gouging on the part of a major oil refinery, Kentucky's Greg Stumbo on Monday contacted Congress with an offer to share his evidence.
Pa., insurance company settle bid-rigging allegations
Corbett HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has reached a settlement with ACE, Limited, an insurance company he says engaged in bid-rigging practices.
AGs backing House investigation of SEC
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - Attorneys general Marc Dann of Ohio and Mark Shurtleff of Utah say the Securities and Exchange Commission has not been protecting investors and want to see more Congressional action.
Coakley settles with Workers' Comp carrier
Coakley BOSTON - As part of a settlement with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, American International Group will pay $58.5 million to resolve allegations that it failed to pay certain surplus funds to the Commonwealth.
Lawyer disputes attorney general's read on co-op bosses' payments
Jan Soifer The state of Texas won't intervene in the latest dispute between the nation's largest electricity cooperative and some of its 200,000 customers, according to Attorney General Greg Abbott's office.
Kentucky fires shot against gas companies
Stumbo FRANKFORT, Ky. - Turns out Hurricane Katrina litigation doesn't end with insurance companies.
Attorney general wants state probe as FBI snares CEO, GOP figures
Ethan Berkowitz JUNEAU -- Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg this week launched state probes as a growing federal bribery and conspiracy scandal ensnares Republican lawmakers and energy executives.
RIAC gives into AG Lynch's demands
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - After Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch issued an "...or else" ultimatum, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation decided it better comply with the state's top lawyer.
AGs find new beverage problem
While some states fight to keep the energy drink Cocaine off their stores' shelves, twenty-eight state attorneys general have signed a letter sent to Anheuser-Busch that expresses their concern over the company's alcoholic energy drinks.
'Everybody is afraid of' chief deputy AG, fired employee says
Hughes CHARLESTON - Bars of black ink conceal statements that Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes made under oath in a lawsuit of a former employee who claimed she worked on Attorney General Darrell McGraw's re-election campaign on taxpayer time in 2004.
Purdue pleads out, will pay $634 million in fines
McDonnell ABINGDON, Va. - Only a few days after paying $20 million to 27 state attorneys general to settle similar civil allegations, Purdue Frederick Co. pleaded guilty in a Virginia federal court Thursday to criminal charges of misbranding the addictive and abusable nature of its prescription painkiller OxyContin.
Miss. SC has new justice
JACKSON, Miss. - Gov. Haley Barbour appointed former district attorney and trial judge Ann Hannaford Lamar to the Mississippi Supreme Court Wednesday.
U.S. House passes student loan bill
Cuomo WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a law that will require colleges and lenders to provide detailed accounts of any arrangements they might have.
McGraw done with payday lenders
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The only payday lender left in West Virginia settled with Attorney General Darrell McGraw Wednesday.
AG Coakley suing Dept. of Energy
Coakley BOSTON - Deciding not to amend energy efficiency standards for certain commercial ventilation systems was a mistake, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said Monday as she announced a lawsuit against the federal Department of Energy.
Dann: Cigarettes not welcome in movies
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio - Instead of excessive violence or sexual situations, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann recently spoke out against smoking in movies.
Legislation thrills McCollum
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The prospect of higher civil penalties is encouraging to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, who on Tuesday praised the recently passed False Claims Act.
Maynard warns that ruling could lead to more entanglement
Maynard CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals warns that a recent Court decision will encourage attorneys to entangle themselves in businesses they represent.
Texas AG's bin bombers bag him fifth ID-protection lawsuit
Greg Abbott announces his lawsuit against RadioShack last month AUSTIN -- The Texas Attorney General's identity-protecting dumpster divers aren't fussy about where they fish for evidence of Texas businesses breaking identity-protection laws.
Purdue Pharma settles multi-state marketing claim
Purdue Pharma will pay nearly $20 million to settle a three-year investigation conducted by 27 attorneys general who alleged it unlawfully marketed its prescription painkiller OxyContin.