ALEC’s next target: state AGs who go after companies

[eridani]

http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/05/alec%E2%80%99s-next-target-state-ags-who-go-after-companies

In even plainer English: AGs, who are typically the consumer’s lone public advocate these days, may not file suit against, say, a tobacco company, a mortgage fraudster or a national company flaunting state law, unless the legislature passes a bill saying he -- or in our case, she -- can.

"This legislation would have prevented [an attorney general] from suing tobacco manufacturers in the ‘90s for tobacco-related health costs associated with the Medicaid program,” said Mike Dean, head of Common Cause of Minnesota. “It is easy to see why corporations would want to stop these types of lawsuits because tobacco manufacturer were forced to pay $6.1 billion in a settlement to the state of Minnesota."


Attorney General Lori SwansonThe legislation could have stopped the lawsuit that state Attorney General Lori Swanson filed against Accretive Health for its debt collection practices, he added.

[bushisanidiot]

1. Kick

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[farmbo]

2. State AG's next target: ALEX's illegal use of tax exempt $$s for politics

This phony "tax exempt" organization should be throughly investigated (and prosecuted) for tax fraud.