A major part of the list includes a national attempt that kicked off in January, when 22
attorneys general signed on to a lawsuit challenging the rules.
Also, in March, 56
attorneys general signed a letter calling on Congress to end secret, mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment claims.
• Why hasn't
our Attorney General signed on to the federal legal challenge to Obamacare?
The other state
attorneys general signing onto the letters include California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Rhode Island.
For example, many objected to requiring that a state's
attorney general sign off on the interpretation of state laws used as evidence for meeting a criterion.
Not exact matches
The reason for the fear, this strategist said, comes from uncertainty about how the president may react, including possibly firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who reportedly made the referral leading to the Cohen raid, and Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who reportedly
signed off on the raids.
Last May, following Trump's surprise firing of James Comey as FBI director, the two were among 180 former prosecutors from the district who
signed a letter to Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein calling for the appointment of a special counsel.
The government contacted 18 state
attorneys general and sent a draft lawsuit to at least seven of them, but no one has
signed on to help.
The government was also working to get state
attorneys general to support a lawsuit, but so far none has
signed on, the Justice official said on Monday.
For example, he
signed and sent a letter as Oklahoma
Attorney General criticizing EPA estimates of emissions from oil and gas wells, without disclosing that it had been drafted in its entirety by Devon Energy.
Our best hope of slapping the hands of Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, et al in the robo -
signing foreclosure scandal lies with the states»
attorney generals — not the feds.
Whitmarsh noted that an Oct. 24 letter
signed by deputy
Attorney General Richard Fyfe outlined that the government did not intend to assign blame on Whitmarsh and that the review is intended to find facts.
Instead, the one - paragraph order,
signed by a Fisa court judge in 2010, declares that the procedures submitted by the
attorney general on behalf of the NSA are consistent with US law and the fourth amendment.
The Guardian is publishing in full two documents submitted to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (known as the Fisa court),
signed by
Attorney General Eric Holder and stamped 29 July 2009.
President Trump appeared to take a tiny step toward the narrowest possible gun control measures on Tuesday, saying that he
signed a memo directing
Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose a rule banning some devices, such as bump stocks, which he said can turn otherwise legal guns into machine guns.
Those companies that asked received a letter
signed by the U.S.
attorney general indicating such exposure didn't meet the legal definition of a wiretap and granting them immunity from civil lawsuits, the person said.
The landlord recently
signed the state
attorney general's office to 350,000 square feet in the building.
Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly
signed off on the FBI's raid of President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, on Monday.
«Just a few moments ago I
signed a memo directing the
attorney general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns,» Trump said at a Medal of Valor event at the White House, addressing Attorney General Jeff S
attorney general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns,» Trump said at a Medal of Valor event at the White House, addressing Attorney General Jeff Se
general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns,» Trump said at a Medal of Valor event at the White House, addressing
Attorney General Jeff S
Attorney General Jeff Se
General Jeff Sessions.
On November 23, 1998, the tobacco companies
signed a settlement agreement that brought the state
attorney general medical cost reimbursement actions and most of the class action lawsuits to a close.
The decision comes after a reported disagreement over the language between
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a major opponent of the LGTB rights movement, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who is said to support LGBT rights and had to
sign off on the move.
Speaking on behalf of newly sworn - in cabinet members, the new
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Surajudeen Ajibola Bashir, described the delay in the constitution of the cabinet by Mr Governor as a
sign of courage and commitment to good governance.
Tenney touted her support for
signing a letter of criminal referral to
Attorney General Jeff Sessions over alleged crimes that range from leaks and to perjury.
New York State
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigation was prompted by a young reporter who lost the job she had left Law360 for after the legal newswire informed her new employer that she had
signed a non-compete agreement, which stated that she would not work at any competitor for a year.
Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system,
signed an executive order to have the state's
attorney general take over from local district
attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- The New York
Attorney General's Office is urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to
sign legislation authorizing off - hour arraignments.
The 34 - year - old Carroll Gardens resident, who purchased a train
sign for $ 230.79 on Black Friday as a Christmas gift for his wife, is among a growing group of customers who say they're filing complaints with acting
Attorney General Barbara Underwood's office out of desperation.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office wrote to the Cuomo administration urging the governor to
sign a bill designed to crack down on ticket scalping.
An opinion dated 30th September 2016 and
signed by Dr. Dominic Ayine, Deputy
Attorney -
General stated that the Chief of Staff «can issue directives with respect to SSNIT to take up the 24 % stake in the Project,» but «subject to compliance with the investment guidelines established by the National Pensions Act (2008).»
A letter directing SSNIT to «strictly» comply and take 24 % shares in the bizarre SEZ project was
signed by Ambassador William Ntow Boahene, a presidential staffer, on behalf of the Chief of Staff on October 4, 2016, and had said it was being done following the
Attorney General's advice.
Three district
attorneys have joined Rensselaer County District
Attorney Joel Abelove in challenging the constitutionality of an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago allowing the state attorney general to intervene in cases where unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with
Attorney Joel Abelove in challenging the constitutionality of an executive order Cuomo
signed two years ago allowing the state
attorney general to intervene in cases where unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with
attorney general to intervene in cases where unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.
The latter plaque recognized the governor for
signing an executive order last June that made state
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.
NEW YORK CITY — Surrounded by the family members of people who have been killed by police, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
signed an executive order Wednesday appointing
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor to examine such cases.
The
attorney general's office has authority under an executive order
signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 to enter cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.
Prior to my above memorandum the Solicitor -
General had passed a memorandum
signed and dated 25th March 1999 through me to the
Attorney -
General on the subject «Trip by Solicitor -
General to the U. S.
The prosecution alleged in the charges,
signed by a counsel in the Office of the
Attorney General of the Federation, Aminu Alilu, and Kehinde Fagbemi, that the three defendants committed the offences between 2012 and 2015.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has said lawmakers can choose to clean up their acts or face repeated prosecutions, said Cuomo's package was «welcome news,» but hoped lawmakers would «use today's announcement as another clear
sign that Albany must pass comprehensive ethics reform before the end of session.»
Cuomo
signed the order after Abelove challenged an executive order last July giving the
attorney general jurisdiction to investigate incidents in which unarmed civilians are killed during encounters with police.
On March 9, Odubela had also asked the court to dismiss the charges against Agbo on three grounds — the first is that the amended information was incompetent because it was
signed by Mr E. E Iheanacho an EFCC official, instead of the
Attorney -
General (AG) or an official from the AG's office.
He is investigating DiNapoli's office for selling access to the state's pension fund, quietly backing his own candidate to succeed him as
attorney general and trying to bend lawmakers to his will by asking them, too, to
sign his five - point pledge.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy wants an opinion from State
Attorney General George Jepsen before committing to
sign legislation that would allow for a Native American casino in East Windsor.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right)
signs an executive order to make New York State
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a special prosecutor.
Police oversight New York
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman earlier this week asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo to
sign an executive order that would give Schneiderman the ability to investigate all cases involving unarmed civilians killed by police.
Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul have
signed a package of rules, but
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli have not.
Schneiderman backed the letter, which was also
signed by
attorneys general in Hawaii, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Washington D.C.
«As the only candidate who's actually worked in the
Attorney General's office, Eric Dinallo would prefer to talk about his time as Deputy Sheriff of Wall Street under Eliot Spitzer than
sign pledges about the controversy surrounding State Senator Schneiderman's time as Deputy Sheriff of Berkshire County.»
Schneiderman, who
signed onto the coalition of
attorneys general challenging the move, said the health care decision shouldn't be left up to employers.
Trump is also scheduled to meet this morning with member of the National Association of
Attorneys General, have lunch with unnamed members of the press, and — in the afternoon —
sign several executive orders.
In 2006, then -
attorney general Lord Goldsmith bought the agreement of the Tories and Lib Dems to step away from their demands for legal change by
signing a protocol with his US counterpart that would supposedly lead to far fewer such cases in the future.
The
Attorney -
General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah - Opong
signed the notice, which was filed at the Circuit Court's registry on March 29, 2016 at 9:41 a.m.