New York’s attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of lying to investors about how profitable the company will remain as governments impose stricter regulations to combat global warming.
Read moreNew York’s largest teachers union scored a victory in the war over charter schools Thursday with an appeals court ruling that state policymakers overstepped by diluting certification requirements for charter school educators.
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It’s no fluke — New York wants more fish. A federal complaint the state filed Thursday against various government entities says federal fishing quotas are based on outdated data.
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Poor management by the international group that oversees the waters of the Great Lakes led to hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage due to flooding two out of the last three years, New York officials claim in a lawsuit.
Read moreCriminally charged from coast to coast, embattled attorney Michael Avenatti already has told one federal judge that President Donald Trump is behind his prosecution. On Tuesday, his attorney delivered the same message to another.
Read moreIn arguments that stretched more than four hours, a federal judge erected hoop after hoop for government lawyers to jump through in defense of a rule set to take effect next week that would ensure that green cards and visas go only to the most financially secure of immigrants.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will leave in place a court decision that derailed the impeachment trials of three West Virginia Supreme Court justices accused of corruption.
Read moreThe New York attorney general sued NYCharities.org and its president and only remaining board member Cristine Cronin in New York County Supreme Court, claiming they collected $750,000 for charities but failed to distribute it.
Read moreDonald Trump is a president and not a king, a federal judge wrote in a scathing ruling on Monday morning, throwing out a lawsuit that would shield him, his businesses and his associates from New York state subpoenas.
Read moreFinding she lacks jurisdiction over financial firms and advisers accused of bilking military housing projects out of hundreds of millions of dollars, a federal judge decided Thursday to transfer the case to New York instead of dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction.
Read morePurdue Pharma’s plan to pay out $38 million in executive bonuses while the Oxycontin maker goes through bankruptcy drew swift rebuke Thursday from two dozen state prosecutors.
Read moreIn the annals of federal and state court prosecutors, turf battles have cropped up occasionally over criminal investigations. What has broken out in a fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns threatens to be a turf war.
Read moreThe Justice Department argued Wednesday that a judge should put a hold on the legal fight over whether the Manhattan district attorney can obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, and said the matter belongs in federal court.
Read moreThe state of New York should be able to compel the National Rifle Association’s longtime ad agency to comply with a subpoena without the gun-rights group stepping in, according to a complaint filed Monday by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Blue states like New York were some of the first to feel the bite of a cap on tax deductions passed by Republican lawmakers in 2017. On Monday a federal judge killed their lawsuit that contested the move as unconstitutionally coercive.
Read moreDunkin’ Donuts’ failure to notify thousands of customers that a cyberattack had compromised their accounts sparked a lawsuit Thursday from the New York attorney general.
Read moreVaping companies sued New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and several state agencies Wednesday, saying officials overstepped their authority when they imposed the country’s first ban on sales of flavored e-cigarette products.
Read moreBlasting courthouse immigration raids as antithetical to public safety, New York prosecutors announced a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security.
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