News from 2009
New York AG sues construction group for discriminatory wage practices‏
Andrew Cuomo (D) NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit has been filed against a group of six New York construction and contracting companies alleged to have failed to pay its employees more than $4 million in wages and overtime pay.
Florida asks for increased protection from negative options‏
Bill McCollum (R) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida's attorney general has weighed in with the Federal Trade Commission on potential amendments to strengthen the FTC's "negative option" rule.
Okla. AG candidate pledges to be business-friendly
Ryan Leonard (R) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Ryan Leonard, a Republican candidate for Oklahoma attorney general, pledged Thursday to do what he can to promote a favorable business climate in the Sooner State as its chief legal officer.
Mass. A.G. asks for utility rate increase be turned into a decrease‏
Martha Coakley (D) BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The Massachusetts attorney general has asked the Department of Public Utilities to reject a rate increase of $111 million that is being sought by National Grid.
Seattle remodelers warned about business practices‏
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A letter sent by Washington's attorney general to more than 30 home remodelers statewide informed them that they must educate themselves against unlawful business practices to end the slew of complaints against the industry.
U.S. Senate a possibility for younger Biden
Biden DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Back from Baghdad, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says he is consdering a new job.
Republican enters Oklahoma AG race
Ryan Leonard (R) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Republican Ryan Leonard this week announced his run for state attorney general.
Conn. A.G. begins investigation into Smart Choices food‏ labeling
Richard Blumenthal (D) HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut's attorney general has launched an investigation into the so-called "Smart Choices" national food label program that endorses mayonnaise, sugar-laden cereals and other nutritionally suspect foods.
King responds to district attorneys with op-ed piece
King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King wrote in an editorial that the five district attorneys who filed prescription drug pricing lawsuits did so because they were promised a "huge payoff" by the private attorneys they hired.
Pharmaceutical giant settles with Idaho over drug's side effects‏
Lawrence Wasden (R) BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - Pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly and Company has agreed to a $13 million settlement with the state of Idaho over allegations of failing to warn about the serious side effects of an anti-psychotic drug.
New law boosts penalties for Calif. polluters
Pedro Nava (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Local prosecutors in California will be able to seek jail time for polluters, under a new law authored by a Democratic candidate for state attorney general.
Survey: Corporate litigation to increase
Stephen Dillard NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Corporate litigation is widely expected to continue to increase over the next year, a poll of corporate counsel indicates.
Ariz. A.G. settles with two companies accused of foreclosure scams‏
Terry Goddard (D) PHOENIX, Ariz. (Legal Newsline) - More than $1.37 million in civil penalties and restitution were recovered by Arizona's attorney general as a result of two mortgage fraud lawsuits filed earlier this year.
California's landmark med-mal law called a national model
Lisa Maas SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)- As congressional lawmakers hammer out legislation to overhaul the U.S. health care system, they ought to look to California's landmark medical malpractice law as a successful model for cutting unnecessary heath care costs, experts told Legal Newsline.
Penn. A.G. files lawsuit against company that secretly stopped paying health care premiums‏
Tom Corbett (R) HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The Pennsylvania attorney general's Health Care Section has filed a lawsuit against a Texas-based aviation parts manufacturing business and three of its corporate officers for allegedly failing to pay health care premiums for its Harrisburg, Penn.-area employees.
AG calls on Congress to approve proposed consumer protection agency
Terry Goddard (D) PHOENIX, Ariz. (Legal Newsline)-The Obama administration is correct to seek to merge existing consumer protection authorities into one blanket agency, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday.
Operator of illegal N.Y. mine hit with $400,000 in fines‏
Andrew Cuomo (D) BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The operator of a bluestone mine in New York's Chenango County and his associates will pay $400,000 in civil penalties for illegal mining and refusing to remedy environmental abuses following a court judgment obtained against them.
Butcher shop that falsely claimed Kosher status fined by attorney general‏
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A butcher shop that was not certified as kosher but advertised in Hebrew for its kosher meat has agreed to a settlement over the violation.
Mass. continues efforts to stem sale of fake health insurance
Martha Coakley (D) BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Four companies alleged to have been involved in the deceptive marketing and sale of a medical discount plan to Massachusetts residents have been hit with a lawsuit by Attorney General Martha Coakley's office.
Wisconsin waste management company settles over lack of construction permit‏
FRANKLIN, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin's attorney general has settled a case with a waste management company alleged to have violation Wisconsin's air pollution laws.