News from January 2010
Zoeller joins ranks of state AGs probing Senate health care bill
Greg Zoeller (R) INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline)- Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Wednesday will conduct a legal analysis of the federal health care overhaul recently passed by the U.S. Senate, joining the more than a dozen other Republican AGs who are also probing the Democratic-authored plan.
Final settlement reached in Hurricane Ike gas price gouging suit‏
Bill Mims RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Bill Mims has reached a settlement with a Montgomery, Va., gasoline retailer over allegations of price gouging during a declared state of emergency.
Swanson pushes again for foreclosure mediation program
Lori Swanson (D) ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline)-Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said Wednesday that she will once again push for a mediation process for struggling homebuyers facing foreclosure.
Calif. AG candidate seeks tax on oil producers
Pedro Nava (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Aiming to help California raise much-needed revenue, a Democratic candidate for California attorney general this week reintroduced legislation to enact a $1.5 billion a year tax on oil producers.
Blumenthal will seek Senate seat
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The country's most tenured state attorney general has decided to run for U.S. Senate.
Calif. AG hopeful writes campaign $2 million check
Chris Kelly (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-An executive at the social networking site Facebook who wants to be California's next attorney general has given his campaign $2 million, the Democrat said Tuesday.
Madigan urges high court to reject effort to close Chicago locks
Lisa Madigan (D-Ill.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court should reject a multistate request to close the locks that connect Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Tuesday.
Gibson Dunn awarded best litigation firm
Ken Doran LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-The global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is the best litigation firm in the United States, according to The American Lawyer magazine.
Calif. appeals court sides with consumer group
Robert Mallano LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-California insurance companies must pay consumer groups when they sue to have an insurer's rates rolled back, a state appeals court has ruled.
Oregon Supreme Court to hear land-use case
Oregon Supreme Court justices SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The Oregon Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments over a long-running case involving the state's landmark land-use law Measure 37.
D.C. City Council approves AG election measure
Nickles WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Voters in the District of Columbia are one step closer to electing their attorneys general after a Tuesday vote by the D.C. City Council.
Agreement reached to pay workers of bankrupt Wis. business
J.B. Van Hollen (R) SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Fifteen former employees will receive a total of $36,000 in compensation they lost when the Sheboygan, Wis., firm they worked for filed for bankruptcy, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced.
Bowl Championship Series could face multistate action
Mark Shurtleff (R) SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is still planning to take legal action against a college football playoff system that he says disadvantages his and other states.
Coakley holds lead in Senate race
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has a 9-percent lead in the race to become the state's next U.S. Senator, a poll released Tuesday says.
Nevada justices seek reelection
Jim Hardesty CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline)-Nevada Supreme Court Justices Jim Hardesty and Ron Parraguirre are seeking another six-year term on the Silver State's highest court.
McKenna seeks public records overhaul
Rob McKenna (R) OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-Hoping to reduce costly litigation over denied public records requests, Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is seeking to overhaul the state's Public Records Act.
Eighth Circuit says no to W.Va. class action
Murphy ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A three-judge panel of federal appellate judges will not allow a class action against Bayer Corp. to proceed in a state court in West Virginia.
Calif. SC to hear long-running airport access case
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-The long-running legal battle between the city of Los Angeles and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will reach the California Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Missouri justices reject gun club's appeal
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-A Missouri couple who filed a nuisance lawsuit against Cedar Creek Rod and Gun Club, and won a judgment of $700,000, will get to keep their award.
Tennessee AG sues Colombian cigarette company over unpaid fees
Bob Cooper (D) NASHVILLE (Legal Newsline)-Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper is suing a Colombian cigarette manufacturer over unpaid fees on smokes sold in his state.