News from February 2009
Cuomo demands better answers from Bank of America
Cuomo NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Unhappy with the results of a deposition, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed Bank of America as he attempts to find out if the company misled investors
Coca-Cola: AGs' allegations wrong
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Enviga, the calorie-burning drink that was the subject of a settlement Thursday, was never promoted as a weight-loss product, a spokesman for Coca-Cola said.
Montana AG: BNSF overcharges wheat farmers
Steve Bullock (D) HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline)-Wheat farmers in Montana are being price gouged to ship grain by rail, the state attorney general's office said in a report.
Countrywide loan modification 'a landmark model'?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-As the first 90 days of Bank of America's new loan modification program draws to a close in California, the attorney general's office said the program has already helped thousands to keep their homes.
Settlement reached over 'calorie-burning' drink
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Two years after he began his investigation, Connecticut's Richard Blumenthal is one of several state attorneys general celebrating a settlement with Coke, Nestle and Beverage Partnership Worldwide.
Chesapeake partly blames verdict for W.Va. exit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Chesapeake Energy Corp. says a huge verdict against it in a Roane County case over natural gas royalties is one of the reasons the energy giant is moving the majority of its Charleston-based jobs.
Mims tapped as Virginia's new AG
Mims RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - With Bob McDonnell stepping down, the Virginia General Assembly has picked his chief deputy to become the state's attorney general.
Zach Scruggs returns to Miss.
TUPELO, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The son of disgraced plaintiffs attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs is out of an Arkansas prison and back in Mississippi.
AG candidate joins foreclosure freeze advocates in national, statewide push
Ted Lieu (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) -- An idea that began in California as a grassroots appeal from beleaguered working-class homeowners has spurred national loan modification legislation and a new state foreclosure moratorium bill signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Illinois AG: Burris's Senate term can be cut short
Lisa Madigan (D) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Illinois lawmakers can cut embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris's term short by setting a special election, state Attorney General Lisa Madigan wrote in a formal opinion.
Reply filed in key judicial recusal case
Benjamin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys for a bankrupt coal company have filed one last brief before the United States Supreme Court decides if a Supreme Court justice should have recused himself from the case of a campaign supporter.
General Reinsurance to pay $72M to Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - General Reinsurance Corp. is paying $72 million to settle allegations brought by the State of Ohio, new Attorney General Richard Cordray announced Wednesday.
Milgram settlement not tough enough, Newark paper says
Milgram NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A major New Jersey newspaper is criticizing state Attorney General Anne Milgram's recent settlement with Ticketmaster.
California AG declares air pollution victory
Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Wednesday that a coalition of 18 states and cities won a reversal of the Bush administrations air pollution standards.
Oregon AG seeks to join lawsuit over Hanford cleanup
John Kroger (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Oregon Attorney General John Kroger will seek to join a lawsuit against the federal government over cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
WV CALA critical of McGraw's panhandle plan
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A West Virginia legal reform group is criticizing a budget request by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office to open a satellite office in the Eastern Panhandle.
Nevada Senate votes to create state court of appeals
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline)-If Nevada state senators have their way, the Silver State will have a court of appeals to consider cases before the state's Supreme Court.
U.S. justices hear Hawaii ceded lands case today
Mark Bennett WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal today by Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett, who wants the high court to overturn a recent state court decision that prevents Hawaii from selling or transferring 1.2 million acres of ceded lands.
Koster sues over planned Missouri River water diversion
Chris Koster (D) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has sued the U.S. government to thwart the planned diversion of Missouri River water to North Dakota.
U.S. Supreme Court sides with AT&T
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- A unit of AT&T Corp. did not charge Internet service providers unreasonable rates for access to the company's network, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.