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Facebook Director Peter Thiel Is Leading The Search For Trump’s Top Antitrust Officials
January 25, 2017 - Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member, is leading the Trump administration’s search to fill the government’s two top antitrust enforcement jobs, two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News. While the process is ongoing, the candidate said to be the preferred choice of another tech...
Moody’s settles with AG, to pay Connecticut $31.5 million
January 16, 2017 - A lawsuit originated by the state attorney general's office in 2010 against one of the villains in "The Big Short," the book-and-movie depiction of the factors behind the 2008 market collapse, ended Friday with an $864 million national settlement that will bring Connecticut's general fund $31.5 million. Moody's, the nation credit rating...
Morrisey files lawsuit against Metro Properties Management
January 12, 2017 - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that Metro Property Management charged its tenants numerous fees in violation of state consumer protection laws. Metro, the state’s largest residential landlord, primarily caters to students in Morgantown and other campus communities throughout the state....
D.C. Attorney General: Hundreds of Residents Getting Money Back After Outrageous Lending Case Settled
January 11, 2017 - Hundreds of D.C. residents who paid outrageous interest rates on loans will be getting some of their money back. The D.C. attorney general sued lending company CashCall for illegal loan servicing. And Wednesday, the office announced a multimillion-dollar settlement. The attorney general’s office called it one of the most egregious...
AG files lawsuit against Raleigh County pharmacy
January 5, 2017 - The attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Raleigh County pharmacy for allegedly dispensing millions of prescription painkillers over a seven year period despite significant competition. According to the lawsuit, Crab Orchard Pharmacy Inc. in Crab Orchard, provided customers with 4.6 million doses of hydrocodone and...
Texas AG files brief supporting lawsuit challenging sex, race quotas at State Bar
December 29, 2016 - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief on Wednesday in a federal court supporting a lawsuit challenging the racial and sex-based quotas for membership on the State Bar of Texas board. Earlier this month, Austin-based attorney Greg Gegenheimer filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against...
Maryland Attorney General says nursing homes kicked out patients to boost Medicare payments
December 21, 2016 - A nursing home operator in Maryland aggressively and illegally booted residents from its facilities to maximize payments it collected from public health plans and in many cases dropped the residents off at homeless shelters or inadequate living facilities, the state’s attorney general alleged in a sweeping lawsuit filed Wednesday in...
Minnesota Attorney General takes action against company exposed by KARE 11 Investigation
December 19, 2016 - In a 19-page complaint filed in Hennepin County, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson accused Alpine Fence Company, LLC, and owner Chad Thompson of Minneapolis, with deceptive, fraudulent and unlawful business practices. “We filed a lawsuit against the company and the owner for misleading people,” said Swanson. “Holding out that he...
AG Ferguson makes Washington first state to sue Monsanto over PCB damages, cleanup cost
December 8, 2016 - Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that he has filed an environmental lawsuit against Monsanto in King County Superior Court. The lawsuit seeks damages and cleanup costs associated with the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Monsanto produced for decades while hiding what they knew about the toxic chemicals’ harm to human health...
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2023 AGA Annual Meeting: An Ethics Conversation With the “Wise Ones” Panel
Bruning Law Group Partner Katie Spohn participated in a panel of former Deputy Attorneys General at the June 2023 Attorney General Alliance Annual Meeting in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. She was joined by Paul Connell (WI), Stephen Cobb (VA), and Kyle George (NV) to discuss Attorney Generals’ Offices’ opinions and ethical guidelines.
Bruning Lecture Series: District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine spoke at this year’s Attorney General Jon Bruning Lecture Series at the University of Nebraska College of Law. AG Racine’s presentation, “Using the Law in Public Interest,” discussed his nearly 30-year legal and leadership career and how current and aspiring lawyers can use the law to uplift vulnerable residents.
The Bruning Lecture Series offers students an opportunity to consider the significance of dedicating one’s legal career, wholly or in part, to public service.