News from March 2010
Countrywide, Vermont reach agreement
MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell has announced a settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation, now a part of Bank of America, to resolve claims by the state concerning the company's origination of home loans in past years.
Liberty Mutual sends out Mass. refunds
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Approximately $3 million in motorcycle insurance refunds has been sent to Massachusetts residents who were allegedly overcharged for insurance coverage, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced.
Oregon AG, governor vow to defend health care law
John Kroger (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-Oregon Attorney General John Kroger could be headed for the most high-profile legal fight of his career, vowing to defend the national health care overhaul that many of his Republican counterparts around the nation are attacking in the courts.
Victory for thief was pivotal in NM Court of Appeals 'Hellhole' designation
Part 3 in a series on New Mexico's Court of Appeals.
Minnesota AG sues payday lenders
Lori Swanson (D) ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline)-- Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed three separate lawsuits Thursday against payday lenders that made short-term loans over the Internet.
Poll: McCollum's popularity growing
McCollum TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lead in the race for governor is expanding.
Cuccinelli: Health care challenge will cost almost nothing
Cuccinelli RICHMOND (Legal Newsline) - Pressed for an answer by state Democrats, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Tuesday his challenge to federal health care reform will cost no more than the filing fee.
Arguments set for contingency fee dispute in California
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a group of paint companies' challenge of the contingency fee contracts entered into by the lawyers and governments suing it.
Whitman decries national health care overhaul
Meg Whitman (R) LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-Meg Whitman, the leading Republican candidate for California governor, said Tuesday the state attorney general should sue over the recently enacted national health care plan.
Ga. Republicans want to impeach AG
Baker ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Frustrated with Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker's unwillingness to challenge federal health care reform, Republican state lawmakers are hoping to impeach the Democrat.
Nevada AG resists calls to file health care lawsuit
Catherine Cortez masto (D) CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said Tuesday she will not join a lawsuit suing the federal government over the recently enacted health care bill.
Judgments secured by Mo. AG against two loan modification companies‏
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster won a judgment against two foreclosure rescue companies, he said Tuesday.
Lawsuit filed over Alaska's faulty fast ferries‏
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan has announced a lawsuit against the contractor responsible for the design and construction of Fairweather and Chenega's fast ferries.
Group may challenge publicly financed elections in West Virginia
Manchin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Before West Virginia ever holds a publicly financed election for two Supreme Court seats in 2012, the law allowing it might have to survive a challenge in court.
Va. Dems petitioning against Cuccinelli's health care challenge
Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia Democratic Party is attacking state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's decision to sue the federal government over health care reform.
Oregon AG investigating $2.3 million UofO severance package
John Kroger (D) SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)- Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is investigating the $2.3 million severance package for the departing University of Oregon athletic director, the Democrat's office said.
Montana, Eli Lilly reach $13M agreement
Bullock NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - With the state of Montana's recent settlement, only three lawsuits brought by states remain against Eli Lilly & Co. over its prescription antipsychotic Zyprexa.
Fast ferries faulty, Alaska AG claims
Sullivan ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan has filed a lawsuit against the contractor responsible for the design and construction of Fairweather's and Chenega's ferries.
Calif. AG candidate takes aim at Texas oil companies
Kamala Harris (D) SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-A leading Democratic candidate for California attorney general is calling on her rivals to publicly oppose two out-of-state oil companies' efforts to repeal California's landmark greenhouse law.
West Virginia should be wary of plaintiffs lawyers, SC justice warns
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum recently wrote that the plaintiffs lawyers in a $381 million case against DuPont will harm the state's economy if a medical monitoring law is not abolished or revised.