Mississippi Business Journal » attorneys general http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Study criticizes ‘pay-to-play’ AG practices http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/03/study-criticizes-pay-to-play-ag-practices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-criticizes-pay-to-play-ag-practices http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/03/study-criticizes-pay-to-play-ag-practices/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:27:19 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=34054 NOTE: The Mississippi Business Journal is following up with ATRA and will be interviewing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood for a response. Visit msbusiness.com next week for more information. Actions Range from Seemingly “Pay-to-Play” to Good-Government Practices WASHINGTON — The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) has released a study documenting inappropriate uses of contracts between [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/03/study-criticizes-pay-to-play-ag-practices/feed/ 0 Attorneys general resisting healthcare lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/31/attorneys-general-resisting-healthcare-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attorneys-general-resisting-healthcare-lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/31/attorneys-general-resisting-healthcare-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:02:04 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=21592 PHOENIX — Republican governors in two western states want to join in legal challenges to recent federal health care legislation, but each is meeting stiff resistance from the same obstacle: an attorney general from the rival party. Amid campaign-year jockeying, high-profile health-care disputes have erupted between the states’ top elected officials in both Arizona and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/31/attorneys-general-resisting-healthcare-lawsuit/feed/ 1 Arkansas AG becomes Republican target http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/29/arkansas-ag-becomes-republican-target/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arkansas-ag-becomes-republican-target http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/29/arkansas-ag-becomes-republican-target/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:09:36 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=21484 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Conservatives have plenty of passion and anger to direct at Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel as they push for him to fight the new federal health care law. They just don’t have any leverage to see that he does it. McDaniel has emerged as the new target of Republicans opposed to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/29/arkansas-ag-becomes-republican-target/feed/ 1 LifeLock to pay $12M to settle claims http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/10/lifelock-to-pay-12m-to-settle-claims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lifelock-to-pay-12m-to-settle-claims http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/10/lifelock-to-pay-12m-to-settle-claims/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:07 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=20435 NEW YORK — LifeLock Inc., an identity theft protection company that backed its guarantees by putting its CEO’s social security number on the side of its trucks will pay $12 million to settle claims it misrepresented its services, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The State of Mississippi is involved in the settlement. LifeLock will [...]

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