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News from July 2014


Pennsylvania AG settles with Bucks County videographer

By Bryan Cohen |
HARRISBURG, Pa.

Kansas AG obtains $2,000 order against auto dealer

By Bryan Cohen |
LAWRENCE, Kan.

Idaho AG settles with allegedly unlicensed legal practice

By Bryan Cohen |
BOISE, Idaho (Legal Newsline) - Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced a settlement on Tuesday with the owner of a legal practice that allegedly practiced law without being licensed in the state of Idaho.

Rome Finance Company agrees to $92 million global settlement

By Bryan Cohen |
WATERTOWN, N.Y.

Washington AG sues operator of unregistered charity

By Bryan Cohen |
OLYMPIA, Wash.

Arizona AG obtains judgment against local telemarketers

By Bryan Cohen |
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced a consent judgment on Tuesday against two companies and their owner alleging they engaged in fraudulent telemarketing schemes that sold work-at-home business opportunities.

Missouri AG obtains $344,000 judgment against home contractor

By Bryan Cohen |
KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Wisconsin AG obtains $20,000 judgment against junk dealers

By Bryan Cohen |
MADISON, Wis.

Massachusetts AG reaches $25,000 agreement with property owner and manager

By Bryan Cohen |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

New York AG reaches settlement with Brooklyn treatment center

By Bryan Cohen |
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $600,000 settlement on Wednesday with a Brooklyn diagnostic and treatment center that allegedly ran a satellite facility without an operating certificate.

Current, former employees sue U.S. Space and Rocket Center for holiday pay

By Kyla Asbury |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, which is one of Alabama's busiest tourist attractions, by current and former employees who allege it did not pay them for state holidays.

Asbestos defendants appeal jurisdiction ruling in Madison County lung cancer cases

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Defendants in three separate Madison County, Ill., asbestos cases alleging lung cancer have appealed orders denying their forum non conveniens motions to dismiss, which a judge said failed to sufficiently argue that Illinois is inconvenient for all parties involved in the cases.

Pfizer challenges agreement between Nev. AG, contingency fee attorneys

By Kyla Asbury |
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Pfizer, Inc., is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to hear its argument against the contingency fee agreement entered into by private attorneys who are representing the state Attorney General's Office in a lawsuit against it.


Military consumer lender settles with feds, states for $92M

By Bryan Cohen |
Schneiderman

Legal practice settles with Idaho AG

By Bryan Cohen |
Wasden

Kan. auto dealer agrees to repay $2,000

By Bryan Cohen |
Schmidt

Class action lawsuit filed against eBay over data breach

By Kyla Asbury |
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit has been filed against eBay after class members claim it failed to protect personal information when it suffered a data breach.

Obama 'cherry-picks' laws to enforce, W.Va. AG's suit alleges

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday said his office has filed a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's practice of "cherry-picking which laws his administration will enforce."

Pa. AG settles with wedding videographer

By Bryan Cohen |
Kane