News from May 2008
Suthers urged not to represent ethics panel
John Suthers DENVER, Colo. (Legal Newsline)--A Colorado watchdog group Tuesday called on state Attorney General John Suthers not to serve as legal counsel to the state's new Independent Ethics Commission.
Arkansas Appeals Court judge unseated
Griffen LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline)-Arkansas Appeals Court Judge Wendell Griffen lost his re-election bid Tuesday to a county circuit court judge.
Allstate challenges Fla. Insurance commissioner
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Allstate is asking the Florida Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision suspending it from selling insurance in the Sunshine State.
Sorrell gets competition
MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - A pair of Republicans made their intentions official this week, announcing runs at their respective states' Attorney General's office.
SC won't give appointment power to Crist
Lewis TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An election will fill the vacant spot on the bench of the Leon County Circuit Court, the Florida Supreme Court said Monday in response to a request from Gov. Charlie Crist.
Pants might drop $500K award
Boehm INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - For Speedway SuperAmerica's attorneys, the truth was in the pants all along. They just couldn't use it until now.
Arkansas holds non-partisan judicial races today
Griffen LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline)-Arkansas holds its nonpartisan judicial election Tuesday, with observers watching closely the races for three seats in the state Court of Appeals.
Merck agrees to $58 million multi-state Vioxx settlement
Greg Abbott DALLAS, Texas (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with Merck & Co. Inc., capping three years of litigation by 29 state attorneys general.
Fitzgerald to become Illinois chief justice
Thomas Fitzgerald SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Thomas Fitzgerald will serve as the next chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, but will have little effect on the state's so-called judicial hellholes, a leading tort reformer told Legal Newsline.
Washington AG race eclipsed by gubernatorial contest
Rob McKenna OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-With the governor's race in Washington State taking center stage, down ballot races this election cycle may be getting short shrift, an analyst told Legal Newline.
Blumenthal gives thumbs up to DOI, Assurant settlement
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's opinion of the state's Department of Insurance has apparently flip-flopped in a little more than a year.
Adult store finds no love on Conn. SC
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut's Supreme Court has ruled against the owner of an adult business who claimed the town that ostracized him exceeded its authority.
All signs point to go for Brownlee's run at AG
Brownlee ROANOKE, Va. - Having just resigned his post as a U.S. Attorney, John Brownlee is expected to announce his candidacy for Virginia's Attorney General spot on Tuesday.
Oregon's AG race to be settled Tuesday
John Kroger SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-In Oregon, the nation's only vote-by-mail state, voters will know Tuesday night who will almost certainly be their next attorney general.
Angry lawyers suing Cuomo over pension probe
Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys are beginning to fight back against New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is claiming that some lawyers are ripping off the state's public employees pension fund.
Abbott's voter fraud cases all against Democrats
Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has prosecuted nothing but Democrats since he began cracking down on voter fraud.
U.S. justices preserve municipal bond tax breaks
David Souter WASHINGTON (Legal Newline) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can continue giving tax breaks on interest from municipal bonds sold within their borders.
Greear ready to take on McGraw
Greear CHARLESTON (Legal Newsline) - After winning his primary election battle, Dan Greear is ready to take on incumbent Darrell McGraw to become West Virginia Attorney General.
George: Gay marriage ruling 'weighed most heavily'
Ronald George SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)- Chief Justice Ronald George says the California Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage was one of the toughest decisions he's made while on the high court.
Group: Calif. gay marriage ruling will be 'short-lived'
Randy Thomasson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-When gay and lesbian couples in California begin lining up for marriage licenses in mid-June, it will be with the backing of state Attorney General Jerry Brown and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.