Attorney General Lisa Madigan met with southern Illinois law enforcement to talk about how to stop the spread of small-scale methamphetamine production.
Madigan talked on Friday in Carterville about the smaller labs, which use empty, plastic bottles to mix smaller batches of meth. The new method lets drug makers elude laws that regulate the sale of the key meth ingredient pseudoephedrine.
Read MoreThe Illinois Attorney General says a task force is rounding up the worst of the worst when it comes to child porn offenders. And she says the deeper they go in their investigation, the pornography gets more violent and the victims get younger.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today obtained a judgment against a Chicago contractor accused of billing the state of Illinois for drug tests it never performed. The agreed order filed in Cook County Circuit Court requires Anita Mahajan and her Chicago company, K.K. Bio-Science, Inc., to pay more than $393,000 in restitution. In addition, the settlement permanently prohibits Mahajan from contracting with the state of Illinois.
Read MoreAttorney General Madigan says inspections by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) revealed approximately 7,750 cubic yards of stored or abandoned waste at facilities on Airport Road and U.S. Highway 51. The waste included used tires, vehicles, old mobile homes and construction debris.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan is calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban the sale of gel fuel products used in portable fire pots.
Read MoreAn employee of a Wilmington nursing home was arrested during a surprise “Operation Guardian” compliance check, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday that two suspects, one from Sangamon County and another from Will County, are the 23rd and 24th arrests in "Operation Glass House" as part of the statewide crackdown on the most active traffickers of online child pornography.
Read MoreThe Illinois Attorney General's office filed suit Wednesday against two Chicago firms that it alleges committed mortgage rescue fraud by charging 40 homeowners upfront fees for services that were not adequately, or ever, provided.
One particularly effective technology is PhotoDNA, developed and offered for free since 2009 by Microsoft. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is urging all big Internet companies, beginning with the likes of Google, to adopt it, and we echo that call. It’s a matter of fighting fire with fire.
Read MoreA major effort is under way in Illinois to fight child pornography, even as authorities say more people than ever are being prosecuted for such crimes, including a rash of high-profile cases such as the conviction of a former State Police trooper who admitted he viewed kiddie porn on his state-issued laptop computer while on duty. Technology has made it easier for people trafficking in child pornography to stay in the shadows. But it also has aided investigators trying to combat the problem. This is an extraordinary tool,” said Allen, whose organization is asking Google and other major Internet companies to adopt the technology. Facebook already has.
Read MoreThird-party charges on consumer phone bills -- which sometimes lead to fraudulent charges or "cramming" -- should be banned, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wednesday said in testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee in Washington.
Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan on Thursday announced a $92 million multistate settlement with JPMorgan Chase over a scheme to rig bids and engage in anti-competitive practices.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan and 37 other state attorneys general today announced a $40.75 million settlement with GlaxoSmithkline LLC and SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc. over allegations of violating drug manufacturing standards. Illinois will receive $2.4 million in the settlement.
Read MoreLast month, as the Illinois General Assembly's spring session rushed to a close, ComEd, Ameren and their army of lobbyists were able to muscle a bill through the legislature that will mean a decade of higher prices for consumers if it becomes law. That must not happen.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that a Madison County man and a McHenry County man became the 21st and 22nd arrests in her crackdown on the most active traffickers who download and trade child pornography over the Internet.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed two lawsuits against Chicago area immigration servicers for accepting more than $30,000 from consumers but failing to help them with their immigration status. Madigan, along with the Federal Trade Commission, filed the suits as part of a national crackdown against illegal immigration service providers found to have defrauded consumers across the country.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today said the legislature took a bold stand for the hard-working men and women of Illinois by approving legislation that will help ensure the payment of fair and honest wages on publicly funded projects.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today expanded her investigation into “robosigning” practices, issuing subpoenas against two national mortgage servicing support providers. The subpoenas are the latest effort in Madigan’s ongoing probe into the fraudulent practices used by banks and other mortgage institutions that contributed to the collapse of the U.S. housing market and the subsequent global financial crisis.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is joining the chorus of voices opposed to House Bill 14. The bill proposes upgrading state utilities to create a so-called "smart grid."
Read MoreThe death of a Chicago seventh-grader who suffered an allergic food reaction during a classroom party last year has led to a bill now awaiting the governor’s signature that would allow school nurses to administer life-saving epinephrine injections regardless of whether a student has been diagnosed with an allergy.
