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April 27, 2004 State AG Lawsuit Against DirecTV; Abuse in Generic OxyContin; NAPFA Award for Unmasking Conflicts of Interest in Investment Arena; Spitzer Targets Insurance Broker Compensation Agreements

May 11, 2004 Colorado AG Decides Against Charges in CU Recruiting Scandal; Eighteen AG Petition for Drug Imports; Minnesota AG Orders Glaxo to Produce Records; Missouri AG Accuses Credit Repair Company of Defrauding Residents; California AG Gives Up Three-Strikes Case; Texas AG: Insanity Standard Needs Reform; Nebraska AG: NU Broke the Law; Mississippi AG May Target Former WorldCom Execs; New York AG Steps in To Make Sure Diddy Gets His Due

May 27, 2004 Vermont AG announces Settlement with Pfizer; Toymakers Have State Safety Rules in Crosshairs; Nevada AG Seeks Help to Stop Nuclear Shipments; Former Mississippi AG Still Protecting Tobacco Money; Kentucky AG's Office Could Investigate a Social Services Agency; California AG Gives ID Theft Victims Help; Wisconsin AG says States Can't be Forced to Comply with No Child Left Behind Act; Connecticut Pension Fund Trial Could Shake Wall Street

June 8, 2004 New York AG Sues Paxil; Wisconsin AG Sues Drug Makers; Massachusetts Prosecutors Target Wrongful Convictions; Minnesota AG Alleges Sex Offenders Were Housed at Nursing Home; New Hampshire AG to Bishop: Adjust Attitude; Florida Motel Faces State  Civil Rights Suit; Illinois AG a Pawn for Father, Says Governor

July 1, 2004 Missouri AG Launches Life Choices Consumer Education Initiative; California AG Sues Enron; South Carolina AG to Side with Plaintiff in Life Sciences Act Lawsuit; Pennsylvania AG Accuses Bank of Predatory Lending; South Carolina AG Won't Let Libraries Have 'Offensive' CDs; Mississippi AG Sends CD to Iraq Marines; Rhode Island AG Adopts Spiderman Credo

August 3, 2004 New Environmental Cops: State AG; A Novel Tactic on Warming; Wisconsin AG Files Complaint Over Wal-Mart Approval; Texas State Agencies Sue AG Over Patient Information Requests; Illinois AG Targets Family Video; Eight States Petition for Death Ban

August 30, 2004 New York AG: Paxil Makers Will Post Unfavorable Test results; Ohio AG Sues Best Buy Over Consumer Fraud;  Donations Highlight Work of Agencies Across Nebraska; Wisconsin AG says Employers Can't Discriminate on Drug Benefits; Kansas AG Spurns Immigration Law, His Office Will Defend Tuition Policy; Illinois AG Sues Dave Matthews Band

September 23, 2004 California AG Tackles Disclosure Issues at Mutual Funds; Five-State Suit Targets HUD's Pesticide Use; California AG Joins Lawsuit on Voting Machines; Illinois AG Sues Target, Wal-Mart Over Taxes; California AG Alleged Diploma Mill Used Churches to Recruit Pupils; Illinois AG Sues Over Toxic Soil; Twenty-Eight States Want Clearer Labeling of Malt Beverages; Pennsylvania AG: Libraries go Surfin', Surfin' for CDs

October 19, 2004 New York AG in Effort to get Wages for Valets; Mississippi AG Hood and Governor Barbour Litigate over Medicaid; Mississippi Medicaid Benefits Restored; Massachusetts AG to Investigate Charges that Nursing Homes Mistreat Haitian Workers; South Dakota AG Warns of Voter Registration Scam; New York AG Uses Old State Law to Target Insurers in Probe

November 11, 2004 West Virginia AG and Purdue Pharma Settle Suit over OxyContin Marketing; Rhode Island and Massachusetts AG say Electricity Plan Too Costly; New York AG Convicts eBay Shill Bidders; Washington AG-Elect McKenna Profile; West Virginia: OxyContin Marketing Tactics on Trial

December 14, 2004 North Carolina AG Plans Lawsuit over TVA Power Plant Pollution; Alabama and California Aid Medical Marijuana Legal Push; Maine AG Wants to Hear from Homeless; Spitzer Tackles Washington Legal Foundation; California AG Says Parents Cannot Know If Students Leave For Medical Treatment; California AG to Sue for Abortion Rights; Colorado AG Reflects as he Heads to US Senate

January 10, 2005 Mississippi AG Leads 1964 Murder Case; Arkansas AG says it Will Not Brake for Ford Motor; North Dakota AG's Opinion Ruffles Feathers of Area Educators; Iowa AG Sues Auto Dealership Finance Arm Accused Of Predatory Lending; California AG and Wal-Mart Settle in Gun Sales Probe; Colorado Governor Nominates U.S. Attorney to Replace Senator Salazar

February 3, 2005 New York AG Settles with Marsh to Pay $850 Million; Missouri AG Wants to Reform the Payday Loan Industry; Utah AG Backs Hate Crime Bill; Iowa, Missouri, Illinois AGs: State Farm Mislabeled Some Damaged Cars; State AGs to Promote SUV Safety Campaign; Corbett Returns as Pennsylvania AG

March 10, 2005 New York, Connecticut & Illinois AG Settle with Aon on Corruption Probe for $190 Million; New York AG Launches Outreach Campaign on New Hourly Rate; California AG Seeks to Save Sequoias; Oklahoma AG Authority Limited by Poultry Bill; Connecticut AG Slams Wal-Mart Settlement over Child Labor Allegations

April 14, 2005 Maine AG: 'Landmark' Court Ruling Upholds Prescription Drug Law; New York AG: Strong Law Enforcement Is Good for the Economy; Forty-Six AG Announce Settlement with Blockbuster Over ‘No Late Fees’ Advertising; Maine AG’s Volunteer Service Helps Customers; Tennessee AG: Limits on Alcohol Ads May Violate First Amendment; Kansas AG: A Political Tornado in Kansa

May 25, 2005 New Fraud Update Website; Wisconsin AG Files Suit Against Best Buy; Texas AG Seeks New Trustees for $80 Million; Delaware Records Act Ruled Unconstitutional; Missouri General Fund Receives $100 Million MCI Settlement; New York Inquiry Of Lending Bias Fuels Turf War; Ohio AG Files Suit Against Kronheims

July 1, 2005 Rhode Island AG and DuPont Reach Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Lead Paint; New Jersey AG Moves to Eradicate Race Profiling by Local Police; Nebraska AG says his Office Erred in Brief; New York AG Will Not be Bared From Seeking Bank Loan Data; Ohio AG Files Against AIG Ex-CEO for Questionable Transfer Of Stocks; California AG: Judge OKs Suit Over Grocer Pact; Maryland AG & Governor: Blood, Politics Dividing Ehrlich and Curran

July 20, 2005 California, Washington & Oregon AGs Announce Energy Crisis $1.52 Billion Settlement with Enron; Wachovia a partial victor in key lending case with dozens of state AG; In Iowa, Wal-Mart 'Unbending' on Meth Plan; New York AG Obtains Overtime Pay for Thousands of Home Health Care Attendants; Texas AG Acts to Protect Residents of Thirteen Nursing Homes; Massachusetts AG Stops Stem Cell Petition: Says Referendum Unconstitutional

September 13, 2005 Connecticut AG Challenges No Child Left Behind Law; New York AG Probe Helps Cut Equity Mutual Fund Fees; New Hampshire AG Won’t Appeal Immigrant Trespassing Ruling; California AG: Carcinogen Warning Sought for Fries, Chips; Kansas AG Sues to Stop State-Funded Abortions; Florida AG Reaches Settlement on Hotel Surcharges

October 14, 2005 State AGs Rally to Hurricane Duty; New York AG Probe of Loan Discrimination by Banks Halted; State AGs Fight to Preserve Jurisdiction in Light of Federal Inaction on Do Not Call Enforcement; Judge Denies Michigan AG’s Request to Halt Ruling on Same-Sex Benefits; Idaho AG Unveils New Internet Safety Program Aimed at Kids; New Hampshire Governor Joins Call Against Parental Notification; Kansas AG Probe Goes Beyond Abortions

November 15, 2005 Multi-state Fraud Agreement Reached with Western Union; Connecticut AG Assails Pending SEC Rule Changes and Seeks Tougher Oversight; Pharmacy-Benefit Managers Suffer Setback in Federal Court; South Carolina AG Honored by Sierra Club; Massachusetts AG Spars with Governor Over Criticism of Judges; Delaware AG's Appointment to Superior Court Approved

December 30, 2005 Wisconsin Governor Agrees to AG Push for FDA Lawsuit; 33-State Action May Result in Ameriquest Refund of $295 Million; Minnesota Not Giving Up on Cigarette Fee; Indiana AG Files Suit to Freeze Foundation Assets, Remove Board; Arizona AG Settles with Firm that Charged Workers to Cash Checks; Executive's Article Revives Feud with New York AG

February 6, 2006 Ameriquest Settles with AG; In Arizona Prop 200 Supporters Seek to Restore Benefit Restrictions; Kansas Trial Opens in Challenge to Law Over Teenage Sex; New Jersey AG: I'll Be a Corruption Buster; Maine AG Settles Antitrust Suit; Vermont AG on The O’Reilly Factor

April 10, 2006 Making Their Mark- Transformation of Roles of State AG

October 11, 2006 Article on California AG; Democrats Hope to Build on Their Edge in November’s AG Races

November 6, 2006 Top Race Gets $1.5 Million Influx- National Money Pours in for Biden, Wharton

November 8, 2006 Democratic Swell Buoys Attorneys General

December 12, 2006 Profile of Mark Shurtleff ( Utah)

December 21, 2006 Website Links for New AG Information

January 22, 2007 Tam Ormiston Joins National State Attorneys General Program; Columbia Law School Student Publishes on State Attorneys General

February 13, 2007 Wireless Net Neutrality; Attorneys General and the Protection of Immigrant Communities

March 1, 2007 Consumer and Antitrust LeadershipSessions; Attorney General Roundtable: New York

March 8, 2007 Enforcement of Labor Laws

April 13, 2007 Disaster Planning; Human Trafficking

May 3, 2007 Meth; Immigrant Services; Poverty

Special Issue Crystal Meth

August 16, 2007 Subprime Foreclosure Crisis

November 1, 2007 Home Foreclosure Panel; NAAGazette

November 28, 2007 AGs in the News; Jim Tierney's New Blog

March 13, 2008 Attorneys General Address End of Life Issues

May 12, 2008 State Rules for Attorney General: A New Resource Page at StateAG.org 

June 6, 2008 Paper address the role of state attorneys general in Immigration Law and the Public Purpose doctrine

 
 
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