Telemarketing scammer avoids prison after ‘extraordinary cooperation’ with feds
A long-running telemarketing scam in which dozens of people fleeced 150,000 mostly elderly victims across the country out of ...
Three companies promising to lower credit card interest rates sued by state
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today filed three lawsuits against separate companies that promised consumers they would lower the interest rates on their credit cards in exchange for ...
Swanson: AG Office is resource
I’ve got northern Minnesota in my blood, literally,” Lori Swanson said last week. The Minnesota Attorney General stopped by her mom’s house in Greaney, in St. Louis County, on the way ...
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Minnesota goes after propane supplier
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued propane distributor Ferrellgas L.P. on behalf of its residential customers on Friday, saying they ended up paying ...
Older Minnesotans to benefit from settlement with insurance company
Hundreds of older Minnesotans will be able to make refund claims involving approximately 2,000 insurance policies with an estimated value of about $50 million as part of a settlement reached with ...
Opinion
Editorial: Minnesota needs more teeth in its bullying law
Shakopee Valley News Last week, the Valley News ran a story on Shakopee Middle School’s annual “Courage Retreats,” led by Youth Frontiers, a nonprofit organization, which ...
Push to change foreclosure negotiations on deck for legislature
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, State Rep. Debra Hilstrom, and State Sen. Linda Scheid announced today that they will try again this year to get a foreclosure mediation bill enacted into ...
Your legal rights regarding wireless phones
From the Office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson More and more Americans are using wireless or cellular phones. In fact, over 70 percent of Minnesotans subscribe to wireless phone ...
Kelley loses primary
Berns tops Oliver in District 33B Republican race Results from the Sept. 12 primary election spelled the end of Steve Kelley’s bid to succeed Mike Hatch as Minnesota attorney general.
Novo Nordisk to cap insulin prices in Minnesota settlement
Novo Nordisk agreed to cap insulin prices to settle a lawsuit in which Minnesota's attorney general accused the three largest insulin makers of charging astronomically high prices for the diabetes ...
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Three companies promising to lower credit card interest rates sued by state
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today filed three lawsuits against separate companies that promised consumers they would lower the interest rates on their credit cards in exchange for ...