News from April 2012
Ind. AG sues former Richland Township employees
Zoeller BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller's office announced a lawsuit on Monday seeking more than $47,000 against the former trustee and two former employees of Richland Township.
Two cited for Iowa One Call violations
Miller NEVADA, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced on Monday that a judge has penalized two Story County companies for allegedly failing to comply with the Iowa One Call law before conducting drainage tile installation excavations.
Mass. man must pay $38K civil penalty
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a settlement on Monday with a Middleborough landowner resolving allegations that he ignored a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection clean-up order.
Ohio SC rules trial court can't appoint receiver
O'Donnell COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the authority to appoint a receiver for a dissolved foreign corporation is subject to constitutional limitations.
Insurers: Keeping class action in Arkansas will force settlement
Hickey TEXARKANA, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Insurance companies say lawyers are trying to force a heavy discovery burden on them in an Arkansas state court by skirting federal law regulating class actions.
Groupon settles class action, pays $8.5M
Sabraw SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) -- Discount coupon seller Groupon has settled a class action lawsuit for $8.5 million.
Ohio SC to hear arguments over Dann license suspension
Dann COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court was expected to hear arguments Tuesday on a proposed six-month law license suspension of former state Attorney General Marc Dann.
Plaintiff doesn't want default judgment in Mt. Dew mouse case
Nester EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff Ronald Ball is asking to withdraw a motion for default judgment against defendant Pepsico, Inc. and Pepsi Cola General Bottlers in a Madison County, Ill., personal injury suit.
Attorney refiles lawsuit against W.Va. AG
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A Summers County attorney is again alleging the West Virginia Attorney General's Office used bait-and-switch tactics in offering her a job.
DOJ settles ADA allegations against Iowa hospital
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Trinity Health Systems and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement Friday that mandates an Iowa hospital provides effective communication to the hearing impaired.
La. SC reaffirms cap on med mal damages
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - The Louisiana Supreme Court last month declared the state's $500,000 cap on total medical liability damages constitutional.
Iowa AG settles interest rates case
Miller DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced on Friday that his Consumer Protection Division settled with a Muscatine used vehicle dealership over interest rates it charged its customers.
Ky. AG settles with auto dealer
Conway FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway announced a consent judgment on Friday against a Nicholasville auto dealer for alleged violations of the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act.
Calloway to pay $20M to settle urine test dispute
Coakley WOBURN, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a $20 million settlement on Friday with Calloway Laboratories resolving allegations that the medical testing company gave unnecessary urine drug tests.
Texas jury: TaxMasters and CEO must pay $195 million
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas jury last week returned a $195 million verdict against Houston-based TaxMasters Inc., its predecessor companies and its founder and CEO Patrick Cox for violating the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Judge rules in case over Wis. collective bargaining law
Walker MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has rejected the attempt by labor unions to declare Wisconsin's law limiting the collective bargaining privileges of some government employees as unconstitutional.
Ecuadorian panel again squashes Chevron motion to block judgment
Kaplan LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador (Legal Newsline) - A three-judge appellate panel has again denied -- for the fourth time -- a motion by Chevron Corp. to block the Republic of Ecuador from enforcing an $18 billion judgment against the company.
U.S. Senate to vote on W.Va. attorney's nomination to Fourth Circuit
Thacker WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Senate agreed last week to consider the nomination of West Virginia attorney Stephanie Thacker to a federal appeals court later this month.
EPA's popularity possibly waning
Rahall WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency has managed to antagonize not only its foes but now might also be alienating its friends.
Federal judge issues injunction in lockout
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary injunction ordering the owners of a Brooklyn apartment complex to end a months-long lockout of more than 70 unionized porters and maintenance workers and resume bargaining "immediately."