Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday a $784.6 million settlement with Wyeth pharmaceutical company, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., to resolve allegations that Wyeth knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for sales of Protonix Oral and Protonix IV. Illinois will receive more than $4.8 million under the settlement.
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan announced Tuesday two settlements totaling $18.5 million with Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and its former parent company Integrys Energy Group, and current owner WEC Energy Group, for misleading consumers about the cost of its Accelerated Main Replacement Program.
Read More“This settlement will ensure that the company operates in accordance with state laws that protect the surrounding communities from landfill contamination,” Madigan said.
Read More“When a prosecutor cannot indict an offender for these heinous acts because the statute of limitations has run, it raises serious moral, legal and ethical questions,” Madigan stated. “We urge the legislature to eliminate the statute of limitations on all sex crimes involving children.”
Read MoreInvestigators from Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office, with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations, the Aurora Police Department and the Kane County State's Attorney's Office, conducted a search of a residence in the 300 block of Broadway Avenue in Aurora Friday and arrested Rojas-Martinez after evidence of child pornography was discovered, officials at Madigan's office said.
Read More"Learning just hours before a scheduled shift whether you are going to work or not is an unacceptable and challenging business practice," Madigan said in the statement. "Workers — no matter where they work — should not be subject to that type of unpredictability and uncertainty in their lives."
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that Goldman Sachs will pay $41 million due to alleged misconduct during the bank’s marketing and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) prior to the 2008 economic collapse.
Read MoreThe lawsuit alleges that the companies illegally fixed the prices for LCD screens, Madigan said in a statement, causing the product prices to be significantly higher than normal.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Wednesday, March 30, 2016, the settlement with Cancer Fund of America and Cancer Support Services “puts an end to an egregious charitable deception.”
Read MoreThe Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General’s office have accused three men, including an attorney, of pressuring people to pay off on payday loan debts they didn’t really owe, or at least did not owe to the defendants.
Read More“Students who were lured into for-profit schools such as Corinthian deserve relief,” Madigan said in a written statement. “Today’s action by the Department helps, but I will continue to fight for relief for Illinois students who Corinthian and other for-profit schools lied to and took advantage of.”
Read More"They may come to your home, they may call you on the phone, maybe they will send you something in the mail asking you to sign that authorization," Madigan said.
Madigan says you never have to give anyone authorization to read your smart meter, which contains private details.
The money is collected through settlements, fines and penalties. The sum includes Illinois' $22.5 million share of Morgan Stanley's $3.2 billion national settlement announced last month over bank practices that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has demanded that a financially shaky Peabody Energy prove it has the $92 million necessary to restore Illinois mining land if it shuts down.
Read More“The defendant knowingly cheated a client of vital resources and abused her authority and trust,” Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in the statement. “She will be held accountable.”
Read MoreWith student debt now totaling about $1.2 trillion and pay for recent college graduates stuck in the doldrums, scams targeting people struggling with student loans have been proliferating and now rank in the top 10 consumer scams in Illinois, Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Monday.
Read MoreThe Illinois attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit Friday against the American Coal Co. in connection with a slurry discharge in February that caused one home to be evacuated and flowed into a nearby creek.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning residents about phone scammers posing as IRS agents.
Read More“The jury recognized that allowing this offender to reenter society would pose a significant threat to the safety and well-being of the public,” Madigan said. “This offender should not be released into the community to ensure that he does not harm another child.”
Read More"This settlement is the latest effort in my ongoing commitment to recover critical funds for the state due to Wall Street's massive mortgage fraud," said Madigan, who launched an investigation into the bank's omission of the risks involved with RMBS investments.
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