News from October 2014
Mills reaches multi-state settlement with TD Bank
Attorney General Janet T.
Miller reaches consumer fraud settlement against Leading Health Source Inc.
Leading Health Source Inc. of Las Vegas was barred by an Iowa judge from future health and nutrition product sales in the state on Thursday after Attorney General Tom Miller brought an injunction against the company.
Schneiderman announces agreement to stop misleading timeshare sales tactics
Attorney General Eric T.
Settlement reached with TD Bank after data breach
A year and a half long investigation was launched into TD Bank, N.A.
PURA approves Frontier's purchase of AT&T's CT broadband services
Governor Dannel P.
Environmental clean up settlement reached with U.S. Steel
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has joined the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Justice in a settlement agreement against U.S.
Obama to nominate former Google executive to head PTO
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama said Thursday he intends to nominate Michelle K. Lee to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Judge dismisses class action against Cartoon Network
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against The Cartoon Network that claimed the company violated class members' privacy and ruled the personal information that was disclosed was too general to identify specific individuals.
IL13 Race: Simmons Law Firm accounts for 14 percent of $400K raised by Callis in third quarter
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Despite receiving tens of thousands of dollars from asbestos attorneys, former Madison County judge Ann Callis failed to outraise U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Illinois, in the third quarter.
Texas asbestos firms spending hundreds of thousands in 2014 elections
BEAUMONT, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Texas’ most well-known asbestos law firms are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in state and judicial races this election cycle.
Class members say LinkedIn violated Fair Credit Reporting Act
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Four individuals have filed a class action against LinkedIn for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Two polls, two leads for Ernst in Iowa U.S. Senate race
WATERLOO, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Two different polls both show state Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican, with a lead over Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley in the race for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat.
Bright House Networks agrees to settle antitrust class action, $3.7M for attorneys
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Bright House Networks has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging it violated antitrust laws by requiring premium cable subscribers to lease a set-top box.
Judge sides with Legal Newsline, orders all documents unsealed in Garlock bankruptcy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A Thursday hearing in the Garlock Sealing Technologies bankruptcy concluded in a win for Legal Newsline and other proponents of public access to the courts as Judge George Hodges ruled in favor of the publication and ordered essentially the entire record to be disclosed to the public.
Developers settle for $500K with New York
Schneiderman