News from March 2011
Koster wants civil penalties over burning
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Tuesday that he has filed a lawsuit against a Missouri resident who allegedly violated the state's air conservation laws.
Hawaii AG says charity violating laws
Louie HONOLULU (Legal Newsline) - Hawaii Attorney General David Louie has announced that he has filed a lawsuit against a charity and its owner for allegedly violating numerous charitable solicitation laws.
Chevron opposes attorney's involvement in case over Ecuador lawsuit
Keker NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Chevron Corp. says it is opposed to having high-profile attorney John Keker represent defendant and New York City-based plaintiffs' lawyer Steven Donziger, according to a 15-page motion filed Saturday.
U.S. SC won't hear challenge of $246B tobacco deal
Caldwell WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear the appeal of a group that claims the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement created a marketplace unfairly hostile to smaller cigarette manufacturers.
Obama rule prompts dropping of lawsuit
Jepsen HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced on Friday that, along with attorneys generals from seven other states, he is dropping a federal lawsuit concerning women's access to reproductive health services.
Schneiderman releases top 10 complaints
Schneiderman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, in kicking off National Consumer Protection Week, released on Sunday his office's list of the top 10 consumer fraud complaints in the state in 2010.
Obama renominates assistant Ore. AG
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama announced last week that he has again nominated a former Oregon assistant attorney general to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.
N.C. gov takes AG's advice, vetoes bill
Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has vetoed a piece of proposed state legislation challenging the Obama administration's health care reform.
Penalties upheld in Coakley's case against company
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Monday that the Division of Administrative Law Appeals has upheld civil citations and penalties against a construction company and its owner from June 2009.
Koster says charity is a scam
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Friday that he has taken action against four people who allegedly operated a charity scam in violation of the state's charitable donations solicitation laws.
Doctors not liable for misdiagnosis of sexual abuse
Justice Kaye Hearn wrote, "In our view, the good faith willingness of medical providers to identify the existence of sexual abuse should not be chilled or otherwise compromised by subjecting them to malpractice actions." COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of a doctor who allegedly misdiagnosed a 4-year-old girl as a victim of sexual abuse.
Coakley settles with insurance company
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Friday that she has reached a settlement with an insurance company that allegedly charged excessive credit unemployment insurance rates.
N.Y. AG files sexual harrassment suit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Friday that he has filed a lawsuit against a mortuary school and its president for allegedly engaging in sexual harassment of female students and pregnancy discrimination.
Coakley questions board member payments
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says paying board members of nonprofit health insurance companies is not justified.
Hood plans town hall meetings on oil spill
Hood PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he plans to put pressure on Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
Chicago not liable for escaped prisoner, crashed police car
Thomas SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that the City of Chicago was immune from liability after an escaping prisoner stole a police car, ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, injuring two people.
Lawsuit-recruiter settles fraud claim with feds
Robert Peirce CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Robert Gilkison, who instigated thousands of asbestos suits against CSX Transportation for a Pittsburgh law firm, cheated the government all the while.
Health care judge to feds: Get moving on appeal
Bondi PENSACOLA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge is wondering why the U.S. Government has not appealed his January decision that ruled federal health care reform unconstitutional.
Va. AG says U.S. SC proved him right in funeral protest case
Cuccinelli WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in a controversial free speech case has vindicated Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's position as an outsider, he said Wednesday.
Asbestos lawyers' punishment, $7M lead paint case on tap at Miss. SC
Waller JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments in disciplinary cases against two asbestos lawyers and the appeal of a paint company on the hook for a $7 million verdict in its coming session.