News from October 2009
Attorneys for Miss. still fighting with Eli Lilly
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Private attorneys representing the State of Mississippi recently called Eli Lilly & Co.'s request for summary judgment mind-boggling.
CVS settles in Nev. over allegations of expired products
Masto CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Nevada Attorneey General Catherine Cortez Masto has reached a settlement with a chain of pharmacy stores that is alleged to have sold certain products beyond their expiration dates.
Obama's consumer protection agency passes first test
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A House committe has voted in favor of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a new federal regulatory scheme that would also involve state attorneys general.
Wisc. AG: Workers will receive back-pay
Van Hollen WATERTOWN, Wisc. (Legal Newsline) - Almost $73,000 in compensation has been recovered for employees of Sustainable Groundwater Services, which closed earlier this year.
Settlement reached over allegations of gas price gouging in Va.
Mims RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - An Appomattox County gas station has agreed to a settlement with Virginia Attorney General Bill Mims stemming from raised prices for gasoline following a declaration of a state of emergency prior to Hurricane Ike.
Blumenthal responds to Pratt & Whitney
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal reiterated Wednesday that he should be allowed to file an amicus brief in the case of a company that is defending its choice to move 1,000 jobs out of the state.
Democrat enters AG race in Ala.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama's 2010 attorney general race now has a Democrat in the field.
Lawsuit filed against alleged Florida equity skimming scheme
McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit has been filed against a Miami-Dade County business alleged to have victimized at least 20 South Florida homeowners through an equity skimming scheme.
Minn. company settles with Mass. AG over alleged unfair sales practices
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has reached an agreement with a Minnesota-based company over allegations of unfair sales practices in Massachusetts.
Conn. settles first-of -its-kind reinsurance antitrust case
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., has agreed to a $1.3 million settlement with Connecticut's attorney general over antitrust allegations.
Florida gets $7 million slice of Medicaid settlement pie
McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The state of Florida will receive more than $7 million as part of a settlement with four drug companies that failed to pay appropriate rebates for drugs paid for by Medicaid, the state's attorney general has announced.
Conn. gets $755K share of nationwide Medicaid fraud settlement
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Four drug makers accused of
defrauding Medicaid will pay the state of Connecticut $775,000 as part of a nationwide settlement.
AGs announce intent to sue FedEx Ground
Bullock HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - The attorneys general of Montana, New York and New Jersey have announced their intent to sue FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., for violating state labor laws.
AG Coakley signs brownsfield agreement with developer
Coakley LOWELL, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - The site of a former textile mill in downtown Lowell, Mass., will be cleaned up and redeveloped into affordable housing following a Brownfields Covenant Not to Sue Agreement between the state's attorney general and the site's owner.
Blumenthal says governor can't shutter mental health facility
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The governor cannot unilaterally close the Department of Children and Families' High Meadows facility in Hamden, Conn., the state's attorney general has said in a formal legal opinion.
McConnell tapped tobacco war chest to fund 9-year lead paint battle
McConnell PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Special from PublicNuisanceWire.com)- For nine years prospective federal judge nominee Jack McConnell battled paint makers with boundless powers he received from attorneys general he helped elect.
Eli Lilly paying $13M to Idaho in Zyprexa case
Wasden BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - Idaho has announced the terms of its Zyprexa settlement with pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly & Co., becoming the third state that held out of a multi-state agreement to do so.
Mass. SC sides with smokers in medical monitoring issue
Spina BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The Massachusetts Supreme Court has allowed cigarette smokers in a federal class action lawsuit to continue pursuing medical monitoring costs from tobacco giant Philip Morris.
Wisc. man found to have dumped septage
Van Hollen MADISON, Wisc. (Legal Newsline) - A Wilton, Wisc., man and his corporation have been found guilty of civil environmental violations resulting from dumping septage onto the banks of a local creek.
Settlement money going to Ky. sheriffs
Conway FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Kentucky sheriffs and their deputies will be the beneficiaries of settlement reached between state Attorney General Jack Conway and a Texas-based charity and its solicitor that allegedly used deceptive fundraising practices.