News from July 2012
Teamsters union accused of discrimination
Mix CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A nonunion Chicago-area construction worker has filed a federal charge against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and two of its local affiliate unions for allegedly discriminating against him because he is nonunion.
Chicago consulting firm paying $1.3M to settle federal charges
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Chicago-based consulting firm and two of its former executives will pay $1.3 million to resolve accounting violations charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
GAO: Green groups get millions of taxpayers dollars from 'citizen lawsuits'
Inhofe WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - "Big Green" groups and their "Big Green" lawyers have raked in millions by virtue of the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts - but that wasn't the original intent of the laws.
Report: Md. state senator exploring run for AG in 2014
Frosh ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - A Maryland lawmaker says he is considering a run for the state Attorney General's Office in 2014.
Va. AG reviewing bonuses offered to electric companies
Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says his office is reviewing the "effectiveness" of bonuses offered to electric companies under a 2007 law if they undertake certain projects or meet certain goals specified in the law.
Report: Christie not nominating state court judge to N.J. SC
Christie TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday shot down reports that he plans to nominate a Republican superior court judge to the state's high court.
SEC charges CEO with insider trading
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged the chairman and CEO of a Santa Ana, Calif.-based computer storage device company with insider trading.
Ten states will intervene in lawsuit against EPA
McDaniel LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has granted the motions to intervene filed by Attorneys General from 10 states in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency.
W.Va. governor has questions about Medicaid expansion
Tomblin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, in a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says he wants more information before deciding whether to expand Medicaid in the state.
Koster seeks to intervene in suit to protect JCC's assets
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a motion to intervene in a Bank of America lawsuit against a St. Louis Jewish Community Center.
Calif. AG announces creation of privacy unit
Harris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday announced the creation of a unit that will focus on protecting consumers and individual privacy.
Mass. AG comes to agreement on contractor's wages
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced an agreement on Wednesday with a Woburn general contractor that allegedly subcontracted with a company that paid less than the state's minimum wage.
Retirement funds ordered restored
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge ordered on Wednesday the president of a graphics company and the president of the pension administrator to restore funds to the company's two employee retirement plans.
Option traders pay $14.5M to settle SEC's allegations
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that two options traders previously accused of short selling violations have agreed to pay more than $14.5 million to settle the case against them.
Online company settles with Iowa AG
Miller DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has announced an assurance of voluntary compliance with a Florida-based online membership club retailer that allegedly charged for memberships in the company's programs.
DOJ: Nonprofit director accepted home renovations as bribes
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Justice has indicted the program director of a New York nonprofit on bribery charges.
Former W.Va. Democratic Party chair sues over financing program
Callaghan CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party is challenging the state's public campaign financing program.
Judge dismisses AGs suit over contraception rule
Urbom LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Republican state attorneys general against the federal government over a rule in the federal health care law that requires contraception coverage in health care plans.
SEC settles charges against Mizuho
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday settled charges against a U.S. subsidiary of Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group and three former employees.
CFPB announces first enforcement action
Cordray WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its first enforcement action - on its first birthday - by ordering Capital One Bank to refund approximately $140 million to two million customers and pay a $25 million fine.