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Jan 31 2024
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Tennessee attorney general sues NCAA
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against the NCAA over the organization's regulation of athletes' name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. Driving the news: Skrmetti's lawsuit comes amid reports that the Tennessee football program is under investigation for benefits that quarterback Nico Iamaleava received during his recruitment. • The New
AxiosMar 15 2024
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Attorney General finds police shooting in Rangeley Plantation was justified
The Office of the Maine Attorney General has determined that police were justified in shooting a Rumford man who emerged from his van with a rifle and body armor after a SWAT team surrounded him and attempted to place him under arrest last September. Police killed Shay McKenna, 28, at the remote Rangeley Plantation grove where he was camping on Sept. 13 after he allegedly ignored officers’
Portland Press HeraldApr 19 2024
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Ahead of Utah GOP Convention, one Utah attorney general candidate still isn’t licensed to practice in Utah
Ahead of the upcoming Utah Republican Convention on April 27, one of the candidates for attorney general still has not been admitted to the bar in Utah, a requirement to assume the office. Candidate Trent Christensen has applied for reciprocity based on his admittance to the bar in Massachusetts. At this point, the bar has determined who will be sworn in come May. The Utah State Bar said it
Deseret NewsMar 12 2024
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Republican attorney general candidate is not licensed to practice law in Utah
Trent Christensen, a Republican candidate for Utah attorney general, is not currently licensed to practice law in Utah but says he’s in the process of remedying his affiliation status ahead of the 2024 election. To be the Beehive State’s top elected law enforcement officer, Christensen will need to be in “good standing” with the bar. Under the Utah Constitution, the attorney general must be 25
The Salt Lake TribuneMar 21 2024
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NY attorney general takes step toward seizing Trump assets
The New York attorney general’s office has filed judgments in Westchester County, where former President Trump’s golf resort and private estate known as Seven Springs is located — a first step toward seizing the asset.
The judgments were filed with the Westchester County clerk’s office March 6, public records show. Judge Arthur Engoron, who oversaw the sweeping civil fraud trial against
The HillMar 19 2024
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AZ Attorney General may sue water hungry foreign farms
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Arizona’s Attorney General says she’s looking into ways to keep foreign companies from using far too much of Arizona’s groundwater to grow crops to feed cows in the Middle East. Most of the focus has been on a Saudi company but a company from the United Arab Emirates operates water-thirsty farms in Arizona too. In a sunny state like Arizona, you can grow, cut and harvest
KGUNMar 27 2024
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The Wild Fraud Case Against the Texas Attorney General Ends In an Ironic Twist
This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. “Something is wrong when the state’s top lawyer is forced to take a class on how to be a good lawyer.” —Texas Democrat John Bucy III Three weeks before Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was scheduled to face a jury trial over felony fraud
SlateMar 19 2024
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Pa. election 2024: A complete guide to the primary candidates for attorney general
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania voters will elect a new attorney general this November, but Democrats and Republicans first must pick their candidates this spring.
The attorney general represents the interests of the state and the public, and defends Pennsylvania’s laws in court. In recent years, the office has defended the results of the 2020 presidential election against numerous attempts
Spotlight PAMar 26 2024
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton settles long-running fraud charges
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has struck a deal to resolve securities fraud charges brought by state prosecutors nearly a decade ago, his lawyers said on Tuesday.
Paxton, a Republican and ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, was indicted in July 2015 on charges related to stock sales and compensation from the Texas technology firm Servergy. He also faced charges of acting as
ReutersMar 25 2024
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Family still not satisfied with Maine attorney general’s probe into 2007 police shooting
The family of an 18-year-old Waldoboro man who was killed in a 2007 police shooting said they are not satisfied with the 2020 reopening of an investigation into that fatal encounter. Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said he wants to make sure a report on his office’s reopening the investigation into the shooting by a town police officer will be clear and organized. The attorney general
Portland Press Herald