News from June 2012
Wash. SC upholds voter-approved liquor privatization law
Gonzalez OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a liquor privatization initiative -- a day before the measure went into effect.
Mich. AG investigating McCotter petitions for possible fraud
Schuette LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says he is investigating allegations of possible fraud relating to nominating petitions submitted by U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter.
N.J. Senate committee rejects second SC nominee
Harris TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A New Jersey Senate committee on Thursday rejected the nomination of Chatham Mayor Bruce Harris to the state Supreme Court.
EPA reaches agreement over factory cleanup site
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Precision National Plating Services reached a settlement Thursday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a plan to clean up groundwater and surface water contamination at a site in Clarks Summit, Pa.
Harvard thwarts union organizing effort
Pye BOSTON (Legal Newsline) Rosemary Pye, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board Region 1, issued a ruling Thursday granting Harvard University's request to reject a labor union's organizing efforts.
Mich. SC to review foreclosure case against JPMorgan Chase
Chief Justice Robert P. Young Jr. LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The Michigan Supreme Court, in an order last month, said it will hear an appeal by one of the nation's largest mortgage servicers in a case over a state foreclosure law.
Former NSF director pleads guilty to fraud
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A former program director at the National Science Foundation pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Virginia to concealing illicit gifts and fraudulent payments he received, the Department of Justice announced.
Judgments entered against Canadian in Ponzi scheme
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - A New Hampshire federal court has entered final default judgments against the New Futures Trading International Corporation and Henry Roche, a Canadian resident who directed the company.
Texas company ordered to pay $10M, restitution in Colorado
Suthers DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced a final agency order for civil penalties on Wednesday against a Dallas-based company for alleged unregistered and unlawful debt management practices in the state.
Nursing school hit with injunction
Bondi TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a temporary injunction against a nursing school on Thursday that allegedly prohibited certain students from taking their practical nurse license examination.
Ill. AG sues Chicago-area gyms
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against several Chicago-area gym franchises for allegedly charging consumers more than $100,000 in membership fees and dues after shutting down.