WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Whether state attorneys general should be allowed to hire private attorneys on a contingency fee to enforce federal law was debated last week before a House subcommittee.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY JESSICA M. KARMASEK
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is accusing state lawmakers of "railroading" through the state Legislature a bill that would take away some of his office's authority.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY JESSICA M. KARMASEK
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A settlement between the nation's top mortgage servicers and state attorneys general looks closer to being done.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced Tuesday that his office has recovered $25.2 million from five pharmaceutical companies as part of agreements resolving allegations of unlawful inflation of drug costs.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced on Wednesday that Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to change its practices for handling subpoenas and to enhance consumer protections for customers whose information was disclosed.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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AKRON, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - FirstEnergy Corp. has announced a subsidiary will close three power plants in neighboring West Virginia.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has requested that a Seattle company provide his office with more information about specific property tax appeal services offered to consumers in Connecticut.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced four lawsuits on Wednesday against mortgage rescue companies that allegedly scammed Indiana consumers out of thousands of dollars.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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BY JESSICA M. KARMASEK
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri grand jury has handed down 136-count indictments against a mortgage document company and its founder and former president, state Attorney General Chris Koster says.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has filed a motion to intervene in a challenge to a federal Clean Air Act permit.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2012 |
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AVE MARIA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Catholic university in Florida is putting up a fight against ObamaCare mandates.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2012 |
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NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The owner of three websites with asbestos litigation-related names is putting space up for rent to the asbestos law firms.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2012 |
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CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Wickliffe-based Murphy & Son Inc., a roofing business that allegedly violated Ohio consumer law.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) - Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty announced on Monday that the state has joined 18 other states in a settlement with debt collector NCO Financial Systems Inc., resolving allegations of unfair debt collection practices.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Friday that she has sent a letter urging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to engage in principal forgiveness and loan modifications for homeowners.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2012 |
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BY JESSICA M. KARMASEK
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A group of auto repairers in New York say they support West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's filing of a lawsuit against an insurer and body shop for installing so-called "junkyard parts."
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2012 |
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BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - A group being funded by trial lawyer heavyweights is working with Heidi Heitkamp, a former North Dakota attorney general, on her U.S. Senate campaign.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed lawsuit on Friday against a Dallas County man for allegedly violating Missouri's air conservation laws.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney and Thomas Burack of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services announced a settlement on Monday resolving allegations that a marine contractor violated wetlands laws.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2012 |
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BY BRYAN COHEN
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - New Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty announced a settlement on Wednesday with Fairbanks Sewer and Water Inc., resolving a series of three utility rate cases from as far back as 2005.
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