News from May 2011
Mo. AG sues Utah company
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Tuesday that his office has filed suit against a Utah company for allegedly selling fraudulent home security products and services.
Waste incinerators paying $7.5M in Massachusetts
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Monday that the operator of three Massachusetts municipal waste incinerators has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve alleged environmental violations.
Koster settles with St. Louis pharmacy for $500K
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Tuesday that his office has reached a settlement with a St. Louis pharmacy over Medicaid billing practices.
Mo. SC rules against insurer of baseball team
Russell JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - The Missouri Supreme Court, in a ruling Tuesday, said a circuit court properly found that a baseball team owner's excess insurer is bound by a $4.58 million judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Fla. Senate approves bill responding to Obama's health care law
Bondi TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Florida Senate on Monday approved a bill that would prohibit state residents from being required to buy health insurance.
Asbestos verdict argued at Ill. appellate court
Wylder SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Punishing the living for deeds of the dead might work better in McLean County Circuit Court than at the Fourth District appellate court.
Fla. AG's subpoena quashed by appeals court
Bondi WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals says a trial court was correct in quashing a civil investigative subpoena issued by the state Attorney General's Office on a Boca Raton-based law firm.
DeWine: Anti-terrorism campaign 'must remain vigilant'
DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, a former member of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, reacted Monday to the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden.
Plaintiff needed expert's opinion, Miss. SC rules
Lamar JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a trial court's ruling in favor of a company that makes carbon compounds and treated wood products, saying the plaintiff suing it failed to provide expert opinions.
Coakley announces settlements
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Friday that she has reached settlements with a real estate company, an apartment owner and the former operator of a motor vehicle inspection station.
Fla. AG sues three over loan modifications
Bondi TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a lawsuit on Friday against three South Florida companies for allegedly charging upfront fees for loan modification services.