ALLENTOWN – Numerous counts have been dismissed against municipal and state authorities in the false arrest case of a New Jersey man apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined a bipartisan coalition of more than three dozen AGs who have filed an antitrust action against Google, claiming the Internet search company has an illegal monopoly over the online search market that hurts consumers and advertisers.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a joint statement regarding Texas’s efforts to discredit the 2020 election results in federal court.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar in putting out guidance for voters who say they received mail-in ballots that were not requested.
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – The nation’s largest student loan servicer is asking a federal judge to throw out the “pointless” lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A key 5% of voters in Pennsylvania is undecided on which attorney general candidate to support, according to a new poll.
HARRISBURG – Shippensburg University denies that one of its administrators made numerous unwanted sexual advances toward a director of testing and further, denies that it both failed to accept that same director’s story and later refused to reinstate her employment.
HARRISBURG – Two separate multi-state coalitions of Democratic attorneys general are suing the United States Postal Service, in order to challenge nationwide operational changes that they allege may harm the process of voting by mail prior to the Presidential election in November.
PITTSBURGH – The state attorney general’s office has settled with a Maryland-based publisher of financial material and subscriptions for $150,000, for alleged violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
WASHINGTON – The attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S Department of Education, in a challenge to new regulations that dictate how primary and secondary schools respond to student sexual assault and harassment complaints under Title IX.
MEDIA – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has taken action against a Delaware County retailer that allegedly sold Lysol cleaning wipes at an excessive price during the coronavirus pandemic.
SCRANTON – The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is fighting an order that would allow one of its former staffers to testify against it in Pennsylvania federal court.
WASHINGTON – A battle between religious objectors and the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey over mandates to provide contraception-inclusive health care coverage has once again reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where oral arguments took place for more than 90 minutes by telephone on Wednesday.
ALLENTOWN – A special agent from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office argues his actions in the arrest of a New Jersey man apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl are protected by qualified immunity.
ALLENTOWN – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and his office have been dismissed from a false arrest lawsuit filed by a New Jersey man, who was apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
PITTSBURGH – In lieu of commencing legal proceedings, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has come to terms with a used vehicle dealership which it says violated the state’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
HARRISBURG – A regulation recently approved by a state board to adjust the overtime compensation of employees throughout Pennsylvania is now heading to the desk of Attorney General Josh Shapiro for review – while a prominent business group is persuading the state legislature not to support it and still wanting stakeholders to work with lawmakers towards a compromise.