News from March 2010
Blumenthal pleased with Anthem situation
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Following an agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has announced that every county in the state now has a hospital participating in the state's health plan for the uninsured.
Zoeller doesn't want to settle East Chicago lawsuit
Zoeller INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has voiced strong opposition to the settling of a lawsuit by the city of East Chicago with a for-profit entity that earned $16 million in casino revenue over 10 years.
Coakley opposes Workers' Comp rate hike
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced her opposition to a more than 4 percent raise to workers' compensation premiums requested by the insurance industry.
Very close race leads to GOP runoff for Texas Supreme Court seat
Green There will be a runoff in the GOP for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court, but exactly which Republicans will be on the ballot is still up in the air.
New judge for Fourth Circuit
Keenan RICHMOND (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan has been unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate and will become the next judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Duke prof says AG Cuomo helped cause financial crisis
Cuomo DURHAM, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - The way Duke University professor and former North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Michael Munger sees it, there can be only two reasons New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing Bank of America -- and neither of them are good.
Utah AG takes football antitrust case to Holder, Varney
Holder WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Big legal troubles could be in store for the college football playoff system that the Utah attorney general says disadvantages his and other states.
Entergy: Hood's 'unrelated' releases getting old
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Entergy Corp. says Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood should have contacted them before putting out a press release that questioned a transfer of $1.3 billion to the company's nuclear power wing.
Brown to announce run for Calif. governor
Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday is widely expected to officially announce he wants to be governor once again.
Rent-A-Center settles collection practices suit
McKenna SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Rent-A-Center has agreed to a settlement with Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, seven months after being sued for allegedly crossing the line with its collection tactics.
Coakley, motorcycle insurers settle
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Settlements have been reached by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley with four auto insurance companies over allegations that they overcharged Massachusetts consumers for motorcycle insurance.
Wis. fiber mill settles air pollution violations
Van Hollen WAUSAU, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - The owners of a fiber mill screening processing facility in Ringle, Wis., have agreed to a settlement with state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen over violations of state air pollution laws.
Wash. window company agrees to greater transparency in sales
McKenna SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, as part of an ongoing effort to encourage transparency in the marketing of window sales, has reached a settlement agreement with Penguin Windows.
'Land of Enchantment' in 'Hellhole': Tort reform group calls New Mexico's appeals court 'pro-liability'
Justices of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Top row: Linda M. Vanzi, Michael E. Vigil, Roderick T. Kennedy, Robert E. Robles, Timothy L. Garcia. Bottom row: Jonathan B. Sutin, James J. Wechsler, Cynthia A. Fry, Michael D. Bustamante, Celia Foy Castillo
To tourists, New Mexico's heavenly vistas make it the "Land of Enchantment," but to legal reform advocates, the state's appeals court makes it a hellhole.
Democratic AGs call for consumer protection agency
Lisa Madigan (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of Democratic state attorneys general are calling on the U.S. Senate to pass legislation to create a national consumer protection watchdog agency, but warning lawmakers not to limit AGs' powers in the process.
Texas appeals court: More evidence needed in asbestos case
FORT WORTH, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas appeals court has agreed with a lower court's ruling that the plaintiffs in an asbestos suit could not show that Kelly-Moore Paint Co. helped cause a deceased man's mesothelioma.
Vt. Senate votes against Entergy, Miss. AG questions $1.3B transfer
Hood MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - The Vermont Senate decided Wednesday not to grant Entergy Corp. a 20-year extension on its current license to operate a nuclear power plant in the state.
Blumenthal: Drug companies 'addicted to profits'
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has called for legislation to require limitations on and disclosure of gifts to doctors from pharmaceutical drug companies.
Abbott files suit against developer
Abbott McALLEN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A South Texas developer has been charged by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott with defrauding first-time home buyers by unlawfully selling homes saddled with undisclosed liens.
Feds, seven states settle debit charges suit
Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - North Carolina consumers will receive $1.8 million in refunds from a processor who allegedly aided phony merchants in debiting consumers' bank accounts, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has announced.