Lisa Madigan

Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s for its fraudulent role in assigning its highest ratings to risky mortgage-backed investments in the years leading up to the housing market crash.  Madigan filed her lawsuit today in Cook County Circuit Court, alleging that Standard & Poor’s, or S&P, compromised its independence as a ratings agency by doling out high ratings to unworthy, risky investments as a corporate strategy to increase its revenue and market share...Read Full Story

Court Sides With Illinois State Rifle Association In Protecting Identities Of Lawful Firearm Owners Illinois State Rifle Association PEORIA, Illinois - -( Ammoland.com )- Lawful firearm owners across the state may rest a little easier tonight knowing that their sensitive personal information is finally safeguarded from release under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Earlier this week, the Honorable Michael E. Brandt, Chief Judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Peoria...Read Full Story

More proof FL AG Pam Bondi is not doing her job!   MADIGAN FILES SUIT OVER FAULTY MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENTS FILED WITH COUNTY RECORDERS Attorney General Alleges Faulty Practices in Foreclosing on Homeowners in Crisis Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against Nationwide Title Clearing for filing faulty documents with Illinois county [...]Read Full Story

Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed two lawsuits against Chicago- and California-based companies for marketing prepaid calling cards to consumers, particularly to immigrant communities, that offer up to 50 percent fewer minutes than advertised and are riddled with hidden usage fees. Madigan filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against Nobel Tel LLC and NTI Inc., a Chicago company. Madigan said the companies targeted marketing at immigrant consumers seeking to make international...Read Full Story

Joined by lawmakers, law enforcement officials and pharmacists, Attorney General Lisa Madigan today unveiled two initiatives aimed at curtailing the rise of new production methods of methamphetamine in Illinois. Madigan visited three Illinois communities that are among the hardest hit by the meth epidemic, where authorities have seen an emergence of small-scale meth production techniques that make the drug harder to detect. Meeting with officials in Quincy, Cahokia and Danville, Madigan...Read Full Story

Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed suit against a Chicago man for cheating consumers out of at least $10,000 for help with their immigration applications that he never provided. Madigan filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court alleging Vytautas Lekarauskas fraudulently charged immigrant consumers upfront fees ranging from $40 to more than $1,000 each to assist with services and document preparation. The lawsuit alleges Lekarauskas deceptively marketed and represented his...Read Full Story

Lawsuit: ‘Profits Were Running the Show’ at Leading Credit Ratings Agency Illinois Attorney General- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s for its fraudulent role in assigning its highest ratings to risky mortgage-backed investments in the years leading up to the housing market crash. Madigan filed her lawsuit today in [...]Read Full Story

Google and Apple are facing heat from U.S. and foreign lawmakers over the discovery that their smartphone and tablet devices are collecting and storing information about users' locations. A U.S. Senate subcommittee plans to hold a hearing next month to investigate revelations disclosed last week that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices and Google's Android smartphones track users' locations. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , has summoned representatives from Apple and Google to appear before the Senate...Read Full Story

CHICAGO ( Reuters ) - The Illinois attorney general plans to fight a lawsuit filed by Missouri which seeks to keep the federal government from blowing up a Mississippi River levee. The states have divergent interests, since intentionally breaching the levee could prevent flooding in Cairo, Illinois , an historic town of about 3,000 residents, but cause flooding of 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland, which contain about 100 homes. A motion by the Missouri attorney general to stop the levee...Read Full Story

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wants To Give Your Firearms Id Card Information FOID To The Press Illinois State Rifle Association Illinois - -( Ammoland.com )- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Associated Press, is ordering the Illinois State Police to release the names of FOID holders to the press. If you have not already heard this news, let that sink in for a few seconds. This is information that the Illinois State...Read Full Story