News from June 2013
Ohio AG announces agreement with Florida-based nonprofit
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced an agreement Wednesday with a Florida-based nonprofit and its principals to stop the organization from soliciting charitable donations in the state.
Ark. AG asks state SC to uphold $1.2B judgment against Johnson & Johnson
LITTLE ROCK (Legal Newsline) -- Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, along with 35 state attorneys general and 65 members of the state's General Assembly, is asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Report: Va. AG wants rest of Medicaid settlement payment from feds
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli reportedly is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department to release the remaining $105 million due to the state for the attorney general's office's role as the lead investigator into a 2012 Medicaid fraud settlement.
Report: AGs want federal law protecting Internet publishers, service providers amended
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- A group of state attorneys general wants Congress to amend a federal law that protects Internet publishers and service providers against libel suits and other actions.
Wis. AG elected president of attorneys general association
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General during its annual summer meeting, held in Boston this week.
Hood to issue subpoenas to Google over illegal, counterfeit goods sales
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, at a meeting of state attorneys general this week, said he plans to issue subpoenas to Internet search giant Google for possible violations of state consumer protection laws.
N.Y. AG responds to report that Wells Fargo did not comply with National Mortgage Settlement
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman responded Wednesday to a progress report that found Wells Fargo failed to comply with the timeline servicing standards of the National Mortgage Settlement.
Ohio AG files lawsuit against professional solicitor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Massachusetts-based professional solicitor that allegedly engaged in multiple violations of the state's Charitable Organizations Act.
Mass. AG announces $1.5 million agreement with health insurer
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Tuesday that a health insurer will pay more than $1.5 million in additional restitution after allegedly failing to comply with an earlier consent judgment.
U.S. SC sides with FTC in challenge to drug companies' 'pay-to-delay' agreements
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, in a ruling Monday, upheld the Federal Trade Commission's power to challenge so-called "pay-to-delay" agreements in which drug companies pay settlements to generic manufacturers that would challenge their patents.
New York AG announces $1 million settlement with Brooklyn home health agency
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch announced settlement agreements Tuesday with a Brooklyn-based home health agency that allegedly submitted false claims to the state Medicaid program.
Colorado AG warns consumers affected by wildfires about scam artists
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers warned consumers Tuesday about scam artists seeking to capitalize on the devastation caused by the wildfires in Colorado.
N.Y. AG announces agreement with Manhattan development owners
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced an agreement Tuesday with the owners of a Manhattan housing development who allegedly misled tenants about a mid-lease rent increase.
Mortgage settlement monitor reports eight 'fails' in testing results
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) -- The monitor of the nationwide mortgage settlement says, in a summary of the five compliance reports he submitted to a federal court, that a test of the five banks' compliance have resulted in eight "fails."
Report: McCain says D.C. Circuit nominees deserve up-or-down vote
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain is once again going against his fellow GOP lawmakers, this time calling for an up-or-down vote on President Barack Obama's most recent nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Federal judge says ADA class action against Starbucks can proceed, include all Calif. stores
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge ruled last week that a class action lawsuit against coffee giant Starbucks Corp., alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, may proceed.
Wash. AG: Calls from courts demanding money a scam
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) -- Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued a consumer alert Tuesday, warning the state's residents that calls claiming to represent various state courts and demanding money are a scam.
MDL panel sides with Standard & Poor's, moves 15 lawsuits against it to N.Y. federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred 15 lawsuits filed against The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. and subsidiary Standard & Poor's Rating Services to a federal court in New York.
U.S. sens. propose constitutional amendments to restrict corporate campaign spending
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- On Tuesday, two U.S. senators proposed separate constitutional amendments in an effort to restrict campaign spending by corporations.
Indiana AG files lawsuit against robo-caller
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Missouri-based air duct cleaning company that allegedly robo-called more than 430 Indiana residents.