Chicago - Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined 38 other states and the District of Columbia today to announce an agreement with Circle K Stores Inc. and Mac’s Convenience Stores LLC to prevent the sale of tobacco to children and teens. The agreement will impose compliance checks and increase training for the companies’ 4,000 convenience stores nationwide, including more than 250 locations in Illinois, all of which sell tobacco products. “Many adult smokers start their habit at an early age,” Attorney General Madigan said. “By preventing teens’ access to cigarettes, we’re working to deter them from picking up this deadly habit.”
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $90.8 million, multistate settlement with Union Bank of Switzerland (“UBS”) for its involvement in a scheme to rig bids and engage in other anticompetitive practices that defrauded state agencies, municipalities, school districts and nonprofits in purchasing municipal bond derivatives from the bank.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinoisans who own PlayStation devices to monitor their bank and credit card accounts for unusual activity in the wake of a Sony security breach reported to involve millions of users across the globe.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today applauded the federal court’s ruling in favor of Illinois and the Army Corps of Engineers, which authorizes the Corps to pursue its plan to save the town of Cairo, Ill., from potential floods due to dangerously high water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
A Roselle man and his Bensenville company scammed homeowners out of thousands of dollars in flood-control work that never happened, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan charged in a lawsuit Thursday.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today moved to intervene in a lawsuit brought by the state of Missouri that attempts to stop the Army Corps of Engineers from pursuing its plan to save the town of Cairo, Ill., from potential floods due to dangerously high water levels on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against an independent oil producer for allowing thousands of gallons of oil, saltwater and other oilfield waste to overflow into ditches and farmland at its Willow Hill unit in Jasper County earlier this month.
Read MoreThe Illinois Attorney General's Office has identified a man arrested here this morning as 18-year-old Jedidiah Johnson of Carmi. He is charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography, each a Class 1 felony punishable by four to 15 years in an Illinois prison.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan announced Rock Island County State's Attorney Jeff Terronez will resign effective today after pleading guilty to the unlawful delivery of alcohol to a minor this morning in Rock Island Circuit Court. Terronez's resignation and guilty plea are the result of an Illinois State Police (ISP) investigation into allegations of misconduct involving a minor. The court appointed the Attorney General as a special prosecutor under seal to handle the case upon completion of the investigation by the ISP.
Read MoreWith newer versions of iPhones, iPads and Google Android devices collecting and storing detailed information about its users' locations, Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Monday called for a meeting with Apple and Google executives.
Read MoreAfter a confirmed tornado struck Girard and surrounding areas in Macoupin County and suspected tornados and severe thunderstorms raked much of central and southern Illinois Tuesday evening, Attorney General Lisa Madigan is urging residents to protect themselves from home repair con artists eager to exploit natural disasters for personal profit.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is joining a chorus of state and city officials calling for Pabst Blue Ribbon to reduce the alcohol content in Blast by Colt 45, a high-alcohol malt beverage being promoted by Snoop Dog.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a water pollution complaint against the owner of a dairy farm under construction in Jo Daviess County after a pink and purple-colored liquid flowed into the South Fork of the Apple River. It is alleged the liquid was leachate from silage stored at the facility.
The raid today at Burnham Healthcare in Burnham was part of a series of unannounced visits to nursing homes launched last year by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. The effort is aimed at making nursing homes safer and has led to 42 arrests of residents and workers at nursing homes.
Read MoreEver seen those fake news sites advertising acai berry weight-loss products?
The Federal Trade Commission and Illinois attorney general's office announced plans Tuesday to stop production of such sites, alleging they use deceptive marketing tactics.
In several instances, according to Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, lien holders have sought payments from consumers who traded in their vehicles to buy new ones. At least 60 dealerships have gone out of business since 2000 and failed to pay off trade-ins, according to Madigan.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan is working with lawmakers to get SB1035 passed because it also will give prosecutors power to issue more timely administrative subpoenas to Internet providers to turn over Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses, which help identify the computers used to traffic child pornography along with their owners.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a California man who allegedly used deceptive sales tactics in selling home deeds to Illinois consumers.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan praised House members for their unanimous passage Wednesday of House bill 1908, which prohibits offenders who re-enter society after a meth-related conviction from purchasing or possessing any product containing pseudoephedrine.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today applauded the House for passing a bill (HB 3238) to strengthen the state’s DNA database. The bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Susana Mendoza (D-Chicago) who worked closely with Madigan’s office, requires all registered sex offenders to provide a DNA specimen and calls for collecting DNA of people arrested for the most serious violent crimes after they are indicted or after a court finding of probable cause.