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AGs look to outside counsel amid states' budget woes
8/11/2009 10:54 AM By Chris Rizo

Doug Gansler (D-Md.)

(Legal Newsline)-State legal officials, struggling against budget cutbacks, may be forced to increasingly look to outside lawyers to litigate cases on behalf of the public, said Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler.

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VONAGE agrees to $3 million multistate settlement
11/17/2009 12:28 PM By Chris Rizo
(LEGAL NEWSLINE)-One of the nation's largest providers of Internet-based phone service has settled claims by 32 state attorneys general who alleged the New Jersey-based company was overcharging consumers, officials said Monday.

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Lawsuit filed against Texas man's home ownership scheme
10/29/2009 8:27 AM By Nick Rees
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed suit against a realty company that defrauded Hispanic home buyers.
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Frank: Agency needed to regulate financial industry
9/24/2009 3:19 PM By John O'Brien
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who introduced a consumer protection bill affecting state attorneys general, told a House committee Wednesday that the Federal Reserve should not be trusted to have consumers' best interest in mind.

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Abbott (R)

Abbott secures $20M settlement for investors
9/10/2009 12:31 PM By Keith Loria
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday that he has reached a settlement that will restore more than $20 million to defrauded investors.

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Abbott looks to recover $4.6 million from debt settlement company
8/24/2009 11:45 AM By Keith Loria
AUSTIN(Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that he was taking legal action against a bankrupt debt settlement company that withheld funds from its clients.

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Abbott settles with dietary supplement distributor
7/23/2009 3:00 PM By Keith Loria
FORT WORTH (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the State has resolved its investigation into an Arlington dietary supplements on-line distributor.

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Attorney bringing AG focus to ABA meeting
7/16/2009 1:59 PM By John O'Brien
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - The chair of the American Bar Association's subcommittee on state attorneys general will discuss multi-state actions with a pair of AGs when the ABA meets for its annual gathering July 31.

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Texas Republican AG candidates rake in campaign cash
7/8/2009 7:28 AM By Chris Rizo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-The two possible Republican candidates for Texas attorney general say they are poised to report that they are raking in big money ahead of the 2010 race.

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Greg Abbott (R-Texas)

Abbott, other AGs hail GM bankruptcy agreement
7/7/2009 11:40 AM By Chris Rizo
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-A bankruptcy court's decision in the General Motors Corp. case this week that disputes between the automaker and its dealers will be up to state authorities to settle has drawn praise from state attorneys general.

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