News from 2012
McKenna reaches agreement over parking tickets
McKenna SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna announced a consent decree on Thursday with a King County parking enforcement company to resolve allegations of issuing misleading tickets.
Mass. AG approves ban on sale of water bottles
Coakley CONCORD, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley this week approved one town's ban on the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles.
Va. AG expresses support for eminent domain amendment
Cuccinelli NORFOLK, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli this week came out in support of a proposed constitutional amendment on property rights, which would make it more difficult for governments to take private land in the state.
Solar panel company settles SEC charges
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A San Francisco solar panel manufacturer and three of its former executives on Thursday settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that they were defrauding investors.
Suzuki settles Clean Air Act allegations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation must pay an $885,000 penalty for allegedly importing and selling 25,458 uncertified all-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles.
JPMorgan Chase paying $1.28M to feds for cleanup
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - JPMorgan Chase Bank has reimbursed the federal government $1.28 million for costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency in cleaning up the Browning Lumber Company Superfund Site.
Calif. pharmacist files complaint against union
Mix SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The Service Employees International Union Local 521 had a complaint filed against it Aug. 27 by the California Public Employment Relations Board's San Francisco office.
10th Circuit sides with NLRB over fired bill collector
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the ruling of the National Labor Relations Board in the case of an angry electric company bill collector.
Mass. construction company pleads guilty
Coakley DEDHAM, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Wednesday that a Dedham construction company and its owner pleaded guilty to charges that they failed to pay the prevailing wage, among other labor violations.
Group touts 'report card' on Fla. SC justices
Lewis TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A group working to help oust three members of the Florida Supreme Court announced Saturday it will be traveling the state this month, touting its so-called "report card" on the three justices.
Harris touts mortgage settlement in DNC speech
Harris CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris, in her speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, touted the $25 billion nationwide mortgage settlement her and 48 other state attorneys general helped negotiate earlier this year.
Coakley settles with staffing firm
Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced settlements on Wednesday with a temporary staffing firm and its client company to resolve allegations that they failed to properly pay more than 1,200 workers at a Woburn facility.
Eighth Circuit temporarily blocks law on corporate political spending
Riley ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court said Wednesday a Minnesota law requiring that all associations make independent expenditures through an independent expenditure political fund is "most likely" unconstitutional.
SEC files suit over 'Buckets of Money' seminars
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A nationally syndicated radio "wealth" advisor has run afoul of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DOJ thwarts sticky notes merger
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Fortune 100 company 3M of Minnesota backed away from its acquisition of Avery Dennison Corp.'s Office and Consumer Products Group after the Department of Justice said it would file an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal.
Tenth Circuit says lease cancellation challenge too late
Obama DENVER (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a decision that rejected a challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's cancellation of 77 Utah oil and gas drilling leases for environmental concerns.
Lawsuit filed over Superfund cleanup
PADUCAH, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A western Kentucky waste management company is suing companies that disposed of waste in a Calvert City Superfund Site.
Mo. AG announces judgment in hazardous waste case
Koster JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced on Thursday that he has obtained a judgment against a Greene County couple for alleged violations of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Law.
Mich. SC orders union-backed proposal to be put on ballot
Young LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a union-backed proposal that would add the right to collective bargaining for public and private sector employees to the state constitution should be added to the state's November ballot.
N.J. chief justice temporarily assigns judges to SC
Rabner TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner has temporarily assigned two Appellate Division judges to the state's high court.