News from October 2014
Maryland Live! employees want minimum wage for training course
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - Employees are suing PPE Casino Resorts Maryland LLC for failing to pay them minimum wage during a 12-week training course that they say was disguised as a school and not a work-training program.
Lawyers, PACs and unions flock to W.Va. to fund U.S. House races
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – The usual suspects are crossing the Appalachians to fund West Virginia congressional races this election cycle, with even local lawyers and law firms spending tens of thousands of dollars in hopes of sending Democratic candidates to the House of Representatives.
Chevron files principal brief in RICO appeal
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Chevron has filed its principal brief in the appeal of a racketeering lawsuit filed against attorney Steven Donziger.
Braley settled client's claim against United States for $150K
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles exploring U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley’s legal career. Braley, who is running for U.S. Senate in Iowa, was a plaintiffs attorney and is a former president of the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
Candidate Comparison: Wisconsin AG hopefuls locked in close race
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – With only weeks remaining until Election Day, two Wisconsin district attorneys are neck-and-neck in the polls in the battle to become the state’s next top lawyer.
Head of Illinois retailers group says new state patent troll law not enough
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The head of an Illinois retailers group says a new state law isn’t enough to fight off so-called “patent trolls.”
TLR responds to motion to force Texas AG to pursue ethics case against SC justice
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A legal watchdog group has responded to a motion to compel Texas’ attorney general to pursue a six-year old case involving a $29,000 ethics fine against Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht.
Retiree says FirstEnergy violated labor contracts
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A retiree is suing FirstEnergy in an attempt to halt the company from ending its retiree health benefits at the end of the year.
Federal judge sends asbestos case against Boeing back to N.J. state court
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey federal judge has held that remand was proper in an asbestos case when he concluded that The Boeing Company failed to prove that military specifications prohibited it from providing warnings on its aircraft.
Texas AG announces $39.75 million settlement against drug manufacturer
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Thursday a $39.75 million settlement resolving allegations of Medicaid fraud against generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc., Ranbaxy USA Inc. and Ranbaxy Inc.
Schneiderman suing Papa John’s franchisee for underpaid wages
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Papa John’s pizza franchisee New Majority Holdings LLC and its owner, Ronald Johnson, are being sued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for allegedly underpaying its employees.
Iowa AG obtains injunction against Leading Health Source Inc.
DES MOINES (Legal Newsline) - Leading Health Source Inc. of Las Vegas was barred by an Iowa judge from future health and nutrition product sales in the state Thursday after Attorney General Tom Miller brought an injunction against the company.
N.Y. AG reaches agreements to stop misleading timeshare sales tactics
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reached agreements with Hilton Resorts Corporation and Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc. to protect consumers from deceptive sales tactics, his office said Wednesday.
Settlement reached with TD Bank after data breach
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and eight other state attorneys general on Wednesday announced a settlement with TD Bank N.A. over a data breach in 2012.
Conn. AG: Frontier’s purchase of AT&T’s Conn. broadband services approved
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz have approved Frontier Communications Corporation’s purchase of AT&T’s Connecticut wireline operations.
Koster: Environmental clean-up settlement reached with U.S. Steel
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced Wednesday that he has joined with other state organizations in a settlement agreement against U.S. Steel for damages to natural resources from a Jasper County mining site.
$20M awarded to NY land banks for community revitalization projects
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Texas Attorney General announces $39.75M settlement against drug manufacturer
Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Thursday a $39.75 million settlement to resolve allegations of Medicaid fraud against generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc., Ranbaxy USA Inc. and Ranbaxy Inc.
Papa John's franchisee sued for underpaid wages
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