Consumer Law

Retained Asset Accounts Garner Attention From Regulators, NY Attorney General
Investigations into retained asset accounts are heating up from regulators and New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo. At issue is how insurance carriers report and maintain the death-benefit proceeds held in the accounts...

Banks, governments need to do more to help financially pressed homeowners
Last week, I received a news release from the state Attorney General’s Office on how it and a group of other state attorneys general and banking regulators say they’ve seen improvements in programs designed to help homeowners...

The States Take on Foreclosures
Have you noticed that the lead dogs investigating the mortgage foreclosure mess are not any federal prosecutors or national bank regulators, but rather the state attorneys general? I sure have...

Washington State AG Brings Civil Rent Skimming Charges Against Previously Convicted Operator
From the Office of the Washington State Attorney General:The Washington Attorney General?s Office is suing a convicted equity skimmer a second time, claiming the Colfax man and his wife ran a real estate investment business that misled distressed homeowners and property investors...

State attorneys general vie for stronger consumer protection role
``Madigan argues that state regulators were "the only ones ever sounding the alarm" as abuses grew in recent years, only to be overruled in many cases by regulators in Washington. "We need to be able to enforce the law against all lenders," she said...

LARGE TEA-PARTY CROWD supports Washington State Attorney General. A large crowd gathered this morn
LARGE TEA-PARTY CROWD supports Washington State Attorney General. “A large crowd gathered this morning at the state Capitol in support of Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna, a day after people at a much smaller rally took him to task for taking legal action against recently passed federal health care legislation...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Hurricane Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Washington Car Accident
alleging liability for personal injuries caused by car, truck, bus, motorcycle or other vehicle accidents in Washington state.

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

Inflated Drug Prices
Dey LP pays $198,000 settlement to Montana Attorney General.