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2007 Media Releases

December 2007

Dec 28 AG Settles Insurance Bid-Rigging Charges With The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Dec 27 Oregon AG Files Agreement With Texas-Based Yellow Pages Directories
Dec 11 Governor Declares Abnormal Disruption Of The Marketplace; AG Monitors Supply And Sales Of Goods And Services In North Coast Areas
Dec 11 Oregon And Texas AGs Sue Texas Unlicensed Compounding Pharmacy; Oregon Pharmacy Board Takes Administrative Action
Dec 6 AG & Governor Urge Oregonians Wanting To Help Storm Victims To Give Generously But Carefully
Dec 5 Governor & Attorney General Warn Oregon Storm Victims Of Potential Scams; Explain New Price Gouging Law

November 2007

Nov 26 Nursing Home Manager Begins Serving Sentence For $122,000 Embezzlement
Nov 2 Former Albany Mayor Convicted Of Violating Oregon Tobacco Tax

October 2007

Oct 26 AG Announces Appeal Of Molalla Deer Case
Oct 25 AG Announces Agreement With Kroger Grocery Chain To Curb Tobacco Sales To Minors
Oct 25 AG Files Judgment With ACE Group Holdings For Insurance Bid-Rigging
Oct 15 Trust Preparer And Insurance Salesman Barred From Selling Living Trusts In Oregon

September 2007

Sep 28 AG Myers Files Agreement Stopping Internet Cafe Operator From Practicing Medicine In Oregon Without A License
Sep 28 AG Announces Settlement With Pharmaceutical Companies Over Misbranding Of Oxycontin
Sep 18 AG Prohibits Thomas Regan From Doing Business In Oregon
Sep 12 Portland Nurse Convicted Of Drug Diversion
Sep 6 AG Myers Calls For Reforms To Increase Safety At Schools And On College Campuses

August 2007

Aug 31 Attorney General Myers Files Agreement With Mid-K Beauty Supply For Unlawfully Selling Prescription-Only Cosmetic Contact Lenses
Aug 30 AG Myers Files Settlement With Guidant, Maker Of Implantable Defibrillators
Aug 21 AG Hardy Myers Urges TTB To Stop Manufacturers Of Alcoholic Energy Drinks From Misleading Advertising
Aug 9 AG Partners With Willamette Law School Faculty, Students To Sue Four Corporations For Misleading Marketing Of An English Language Instructional Course And Unconscionable Collection Tactics
Aug 8 State Announces Grant Awards From Energy Settlements
Aug 7 Providence Health Systems Donates to SAVE
Aug 3 AG Files Agreement With Milwaukie Man For Taking Money And Not Providing Goods
Aug 2 AG Myers Warns Consumers About Potentially Dangerous Tires Sold By Oregon Tire Dealers

July 2007

Jul 26 State's Complaint Against Fred and Karen Monem
Jul 23 AG Myers Applauds Creation Of Sex Offender Treatment And Certification Board
Jul 13 AG Sues LA Weight Loss And Its Oregon Franchisee
Jul 12 AG And DCBS Remind Oregonians Of Restitution Eligibility In $325 Million Ameriquest Settlement
Jul 11 AG Files $3 Million Settlement With AOL On Cancellation Issues
Jul 6 AG Announces Filing of Agreement With Colorado Marketing Firm That Sells Adjustable Beds

June 2007

Jun 29 Tobacco Tax Violator Sentenced to Prison
Jun 29 AG Secures Conviction Of Nurse For Drug Theft At 3 Eugene Facilities
Jun 29 Responsibility For Curry County Child Support Services Transfers To Oregon Department Of Justice Division Of Child Support
Jun 29 AG Stops Out-Of-State Companies From Using "Junk Science" To Promote Chiropractic Devices
Jun 25 AG Myers Hails Passage Of Measures Reforming Towing Industry Practices
Jun 22 AG Files AVC With MO ISP For Advertising High Speed That Wasn't
Jun 18 AG Designates Natl. FTC Registry As OR No Call List
Jun 8 Legislature Restores AG's Authority To Enforce OR No Call Law
Jun 7 AG Myers Obtains Restraining Order Against ApotheCure

May 2007

May 31 Attorney General Reaches Agreement With ChoicePoint
May 21 AG Comments On Death Of Les Schwab
May 18 Portland Company Is Out Of Business In Oregon For Ignoring CID
May 18 AG Announces Passage Of 1st Ever Anti-Price Gouging Bill
May 17 AG Joins National Task Force On School Safety
May 14 AG Myers Calls Marketing Tactics Of Anheuser-Busch Irresponsible
May 11 Crook County Sheriff Clark Indicted
May 8 AG Files Judgment With Purdue Pharma Over Marketing Of OxyContin
May 8 Larki Convicted Of Tobacco Tax Law Violations
May 3 AG's Task Force Hosting Sexual Assault Training For Oregon Prosecutors
May 3 AG Sets Hearings on Proposed Rules in The Areas of Consumer Protection

April 2007

Apr 24 AG Joins Officials Thursday, April 26, To Commemorate Natl. Crime Victims' Rights Week
Apr 23 Tobacco Tax Evader Nguyen Convicted
Apr 16 AG Myers Files AVCs With Clothing Stores For Unlawfully Selling Prescription-Only Contact Lenses
Apr 11 SAVE Fund Is Reauthorized By Governor
Apr 9 Monday, April 9, Is Crime Victims' Rights Awareness Day At State Capitol
Apr 2 Governor & AG Praise Supreme CT For EPA Decision

March 2007

Mar 30 Senate Approves AG's Anti-Price Gouging Bill
Mar 23 Southern Oregon Pest Control Operator Signs Agreement To Change Practices After Resolving Complaints
Mar 21 AG Hardy Myers Secures Plea In Motor Vehicle Registration Fraud
Mar 19 Beginning April 2 Employers To Pay Child Support Thru Electronic Funds Transfer
Mar 13 Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force and Oregon Legislative Alliance to End Violence Against Women Co-Sponsor Sexual & Domestic Violence Awareness Day
Mar 7 AG Responds To Call To Action To Prevent/Reduce Underage Drinking
Mar 1 13 Indicted For Smuggling & Distribution Of Untaxed Tobacco Products

February 2007

Feb 6 AG Proposes Settlement With Samsung Semiconductor Over Alleged Price Fixing on DRAM Chips
Feb 6 AG Announces Top 10 Consumer Complaints For 2006

January 2007

Jan 23 AG Files $8 M Settlement With Bayer Corporation Over Non-Disclosure Of Safety Risks In Taking BAYCOL
Jan 15 AG Myers Files Settlement With National Gas Station Chain After Repeated Warnings To Comply With Gas Pricing Rules