News from May 2008
Gas company won't get to raise prices in Massachusetts
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley helped get a gas company's request to raise its prices rejected recently.
Pharmacy settles altered prescriptions charge
Carter INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter and Walgreen Co. have settled a 2004 lawsuit that alleged Medicaid fraud on the part of the pharmacy chain.
Legislative session a success for McCollum
McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Of all the bills passed by the Florida legislature this year, Attorney General Bill McCollum paid special attention to a proposed foreclosure rescue law and an anti-counterfeiting bill.
EPA accepts Blumenthal's request to study artifical turf
Richard Blumenthal NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Legal Newsline)-Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the impact of synthetic turf athletic fields on health and the environment.
Ohio AG admits to 'romantic relationship' with a staff member
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)- Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann admitted Friday to having a "romantic relationship" with a member of his staff.
Oregon justices side with tobacco companies
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday let a lower court ruling stand, rejecting a class action lawsuit seeking to force tobacco companies to pay the medical monitoring bills of smokers.
Goddard's case for theater accommodations rejected by court
Terry Goddard PHOENIX, Ariz. (Legal Newsline)-A federal judge has rejected a case filed by Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, ruling that movie theater owners can't be forced to install special equipment for people with hearing and vision disabilities.
AP sues for papers on W. Va. chief justice
Maynard CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Legal Newsline)-The Associated Press is suing for access to information related to the West Virginia chief justice, Elliott "Spike" Maynard.
Arkansas AG again denies illegal immigration proposal
Dustin McDaniel LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline)-For the second time, the Arkansas attorney general has rejected a proposed ballot measure that would require state agencies to verify those seeking government programs are legal U.S. residents.
McGraw hasn't done what company asked with OxyContin settlement
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office has maintained that pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma has had its say in how $10 million of a 2004 settlement between the two have been spent.