PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended Justice Joan Orie Melvin in the wake of pending charges that she allegedly used her office staff to perform campaign work.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock is expected to file a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, asking it to uphold a state election law.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris has reportedly joined a lawsuit against a city's planned oil project.

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing the owner of a tax-preparation business, who was recently arrested after being indicted on multiple charges of securities fraud, money laundering and grand larceny.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it will establish a Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint Wednesday in Idaho federal court against Matthew Hutcheson, alleging he violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An Alabama manufacturer and the union representing its workers ended a lengthy labor dispute Tuesday after signing a settlement agreement endorsed by the National Labor Relations Board.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A workers' advocacy group that represents those who do not want to be compelled to join a labor union announced Wednesday it will begin a campaign to assist charter school teachers to be aware of their rights regarding unionization.

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Tuesday that a Weymouth driving school has had its financial assets frozen and faces approximately $100,000 in restitution after allegedly closing abruptly and abandoning its students.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) - Seventeen states and the federal government announced on Thursday the filing of a Medicaid fraud lawsuit against the Fort Worth, Texas-based Healthpoint Ltd.

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a contempt judgment and an order to pay $310,000 in civil penalties on Wednesday against the owner of two companies who allegedly ran a vacation club membership scheme.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A South Carolina federal court has entered two orders requested by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling Wednesday, upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a motion for a new trial in a lawsuit brought over a man's electrocution.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - After weeks of contentious debate, a compromise has been announced on Louisiana legacy lawsuit reform.

PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers for the state of Pennsylvania argued Wednesday that a case over $150 million in payments for the drug Risperdal should have gone to a jury.

TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee plans to take up the issue of class action lawsuit reform on Monday.

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Deutsche Bank will pay $202.3 million to the United States to resolve allegations made under the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced May 10.

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Boston man pleaded guilty Friday in state court and was sentenced to jail on charges his organization violated state child labor laws by illegally employing kids to solicit funds unattended.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Hawaii man was charged Wednesday with operating a fraudulent stock sale scheme.

DETROIT (Legal Newsline) - The independent state agency tasked with investigating judicial misconduct and recommending discipline will not say if it is looking into allegations that a sitting Michigan Supreme Court justice engaged in suspicious real estate transactions.