New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court which is hearing oral arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of a controversial Arizona measure targeting undocumented immigrants. Schneiderman argues the Arizona ...

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ALBANY — New York’s attorney general is warning homeowners to be alert for phone calls from people posing as bank or government officials to get personal information through bogus offers of help with their mortgages. Eric Schneiderman says the calls ...

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On Thursday, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office announced a $4 million settlement agreement with the nearly defunct Steven J. Baum PC law firm in Amherst and the firm’s processing center, Pillar Processing LLC. As part of the ...

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ALBANY — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office has reached a settlement with Excellus BlueCross BlueShield that requires the health insurer to process claims for routine childhood screenings for lead and provide refunds to consumers who paid ...

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Thursday he’s disturbed by what he’s read about the New York Police Department conducting surveillance of mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey. Holder’s brief comments represented the most extensive ...

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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Monday released the list of the top 10 consumer fraud complaints received by his office in 2011. Marking the start of National Consumer Protection Week, he highlighted the scams most reported by New Yorkers ...

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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is launching a new website, “Share Your I-STOP Story,” that showcases personal stories from New Yorkers who have been impacted by the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse. As momentum builds for legislative action to address ...

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ALBANY — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a lead investigator into the mortgage collapse that wobbled the U.S. economy, hasn’t taken the title “Sheriff of Wall Street” that one of his predecessors rode all the way to the governor’s ...

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With the 2012 tax filing season in full swing, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued tips to protect New Yorkers from tax preparation scams. He is also asking taxpayers to notify his office of any suspected fraudulent schemes designed to ...

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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman Thursday announced a $136 million settlement for New York with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses, the most per “underwater” borrower of any state in the nation, and the fourth highest dollar ...

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ALBANY — New York’s attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation’s largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures. Democrat Eric Schneiderman sued Bank ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Eric Holder squared off Thursday with Republicans on a House committee who are demanding that the Justice Department turn over documents about its handling of congressional inquiries into a flawed gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation ...

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