News from 2007
Gas stations not culprits on price rises, Ark. AG warns consumers
Dustin McDaniel FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Perhaps some state attorneys-general currently fretting over rising gas prices should give Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel a call.
Kentucky AG race set
FRANKFORT, Ky. - With current Attorney General Greg Stumbo stepping down to pursue another office, Kentucky received its next two candidates for his spot Tuesday.
McCollum: Price-fixer must pay
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - For the second time in the past year, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is suing a company that he believes unfairly fixed the price of gasoline.
Blumenthal sues Best Buy
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - Its own computers have landed electronics chain Best Buy in trouble with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
Gas companies settle with Miss. AG
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on Thursday announced five companies have settled with his office following an investigation of alleged post-Hurricane Katrina gasoline price-gouging.
Stumbo wants gas company attorneys booted from case
Stumbo FRANKFORT, Ky. - Because of a conflict of interest with the Gov. Ernie Fletcher's office, Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo says the law firm defending Marathon Oil in an $89-million price-gouging suit should be disqualified from the case.
McGraw not fazed by probing, dishes out more money
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw at the opening of a Sesame Street health exhibit he helped to fund. CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Despite promises and a federal investigation, West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw on Wednesday handed out even more of the settlement funds gained in a 2004 agreement with Purdue Pharma.
Pricey Washington Supreme Court race obeyed rules: watchdog
Chief Justice Gerry Alexander Less than a week after last year's Washington Supreme Court election spending copped a roasting in a national survey, a state watchdog has given the ballot the all-clear.
Conn. SC: Insurance commissioner can't reach out-of-state business
HARTFORD, Conn. - Though it seemed to be performing business where it wasn't licensed to, American Transit Insurance Co. recently received a bit of good news from the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Expert's testimony must be put to the test
Raker ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland's highest court reiterated Thursday that merely taking an expert's word isn't good enough.
W. Va. SC reverses med mal decision despite Chief Justice's objection
Davis CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The West Virginia Supreme Court on Monday gave a plaintiff's medical expert a second chance to make a first impression, while a dissenting Chief Justice Robin Davis says the decision made bad law.
Court equalizes Hawaii corporate, individual campaign donations
Mark Bennett HONOLULU -- A Hawaii court has ruled in favor of attorney general Mark Bennett's stance in a two year dispute over corporate campaign-donation limits.
Attorney general to carry Missouri's can in huge utility lawsuit
Jay Nixon JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Attorney General and 2008 Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jay Nixon now has the Ameren dam-burst lawsuit all to himself.
Marathon challenging Ky. price-gouging law
Stumbo FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo says he won the race to the courthouse, so Marathon Oil's challenge of the state's price-gouging law should be dismissed.
R.I. SC sets appeal protocol in lead paint case
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - If Rhode Island's landlords were as good at housekeeping as the state's Supreme Court is, maybe there would be no lead paint squabble on the docket there.
W. Va. SC won't hear table games challenge
Carper CHARLESTON, W. Va. - It's hard to tell if it's the attorney or county commission member in Kent Carper talking when he's asked about the constitutional challenge to the state's new table games law.
More tobacco money for Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday expressed his pleasure with what his office called an "unbudgeted $27 million windfall."
Student lenders unhappy with budget resolution
Cuomo While the cost of student lending goes up, so too might the cost of student loans.
MySpace will donate info to AGs
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - The social networking site MySpace.com on Monday made good on its promise to cooperate with state attorneys general, handing over information on its members who are convicted sex offenders.
Madigan prods Illinois reps over stalled payday-loan crackdown
Lisa Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan gave state lawmakers a smack with the whip over a delayed bill that would greatly expand her regulatory powers over so-called "payday lenders."