Nathan Hecht AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-Even if a landowner holds a claim to minerals or water below his property, he cannot seek damages from subsurface trespass, the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week.

Mike Cox (R) ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline)-Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox on Monday took aim at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's positions on Iraq and domestic oil drilling.

WOOD RIVER, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-August was not a good month for an Internet-based travel business that critics, including two state attorneys general, say is nothing more than a glorified pyramid scheme.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-AT&T Corp. cannot force a customer to resolve a dispute through arbitration, the Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously late last week.

John Sullivan SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-With Attorney General Jerry Brown, a political maverick for more than 30 years, things aren't often what they might seem.

Jay Nixon (D) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Political campaigns in Missouri have been warned not to make pre-recorded calls to voters that lack identifying information.

McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An eServices provider on Tuesday continued to settle litigation against it, reaching an agreement with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

Michigan Supreme Court building LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) -A Wayne County Circuit Court judge is to announce today that she is running for a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court.

Jerry Brown (D) SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Attorney General Jerry Brown will seek permission from a judge to file a legal brief that would protect an Orange County deputy sheriffs' pension plan from attempts to alter it by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - After his first major hurricane as Mississippi's Attorney General, Jim Hood quickly filed suit against five insurance companies.

Gary King (D) SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline)-The New Mexico attorney general Tuesday sued two retailers for allegedly selling counterfeit Indian jewelry.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has picked a former aide to become the state's next Supreme Court justice.

Mike Gibbons (R) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Missouri Republican candidate for attorney general Mike Gibbons has benefited significantly since the state lifted its limits on campaign contributions late last week.

Gansler BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler's criminal and civil cases against a financial group have succeeded, and investors will get more than $2 million back.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- An assistant Ohio attorney general argued recently that the standard of measurement for damages in an eminent domain case is the value of the land taken by the government, not sales lost due to the taking.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- When FBI and other government agents raided an Ohio pharmacy on suspicion of health care fraud, they did so with the help of the Ohio Attorney General's office.

Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)--California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed suit against three manufacturers of artificial turf in the hopes of forcing the companies to make public the allegedly dangerous levels of lead in their products.

Catherine Cortez Masto (D) LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline)-Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is among a handful of influential Latinos tapped to rally support for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, a spokeswoman told Legal Newsline.

Michigan Supreme Court building LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline)-- The Michigan Supreme Court heard an appeal Wednesday from proponents of a proposed ballot measure that would cut judges' salaries and reduce the number of top-level jurists and trim the size of the state Legislature.

Mark Behrens JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Missouri's already mediocre legal and business climates could be further threatened by a recent state Supreme Court decision, a leading court observer told Legal Newsline.