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ATRA releases study, calls for outside counsel reform
2/18/2010 12:33 PM By John O'Brien

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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The American Tort Reform Association says the country's state attorneys general have the opportunity to reform the way they handle contracts with private law firms.

LifeLock settles with AGs, federal regulator
3/10/2010 9:33 AM By Chris Rizo
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)-The identity protection company LifeLock Inc. has entered into an $11 million settlement with 34 state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission, resolving claims that the brand overstated the protections it provides consumers, officials said Tuesday.

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Duke prof says AG Cuomo helped cause financial crisis
3/4/2010 11:27 AM By John O'Brien
DURHAM, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - The way Duke University professor and former North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Michael Munger sees it, there can be only two reasons New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing Bank of America -- and neither of them are good.

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High profile AGs to skip annual NAAG meeting
3/1/2010 11:29 AM By Chris Rizo
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Three of the nation's highest profile state attorneys general are skipping the annual convention of their counterparts from around the nation.

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Texas AG sues over EPA's greenhouse finding
2/18/2010 12:40 PM By Chris Rizo
AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency relied on flawed data to issue its endangerment finding that greenhouse gases pose a public health risk, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Wednesday.

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Reform group praises Abbott for steering clear of pension fund litigation problems
2/5/2010 7:54 AM By Marilyn Tennissen
Attorneys general of several states have been getting negative press lately for hiring campaign donors as outside counsel in public pension fund shareholder litigation. Texas, however, has remained above the fray.

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Abbott takes aim at BlueHippo
2/2/2010 12:00 PM By Chris Rizo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The Texas attorney general is suing a finance company over allegedly defrauding credit-challenged consumers who sought to purchase computers and related equipment.

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Louisiana AG brokers end to 'Who Dat' spat
2/2/2010 11:36 AM By Chris Rizo
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline)-The National Football League on Monday acknowledged that it does not have exclusive copyright ownership of a popular New Orleans Saints football rallying cry, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell told Legal Newsline.

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State AGs predict uptick in home foreclosures this year
1/21/2010 3:33 PM By Chris Rizo
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The nation's foreclosure crisis is worsening despite federal efforts to help Americans save their homes, a dozen state attorneys general said Wednesday.

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Texas AG outlines objections to Senate health care bill
1/6/2010 2:49 PM By Chris Rizo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday challenged a provision of the health care overhaul bill recently approved by the U.S. Senate.

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Democrat blasts AG Abbott over stance on Senate health care bill
1/6/2010 10:00 AM By Chris Rizo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is wrong to consider possible legal action over a deal that got Senate Democrats their final 60th vote on a federal health care overhaul, his Democratic challenger says.

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