Department of Law Newsroom 2005

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2005 Headlines

12/30/2005 State Personnel Board Dismisses Ethics Complaint Against Attorney General David Márquez - PDF (88KB)
- Department of Law Ethics Opinion - *LARGE PDF (3.06MB)
- State Personnel Board Decision - PDF (59KB)
12/22/2005 Attorney General Asks the RCA to Investigate a Proposed Gas Supply Agreement Proposed by Enstar Natural Gas - PDF (76KB)
- Attorney General's Comments - *LARGE PDF (2.98MB)
12/13/2005 Nigerian Advance Fee Scam Customized for Alaska: Morris Thompson variation could be taste of ploys to come - PDF (24KB)
12/06/2005 Senior Assistant District Attorney Richard Svobodny Secures 1st Degree Murder Verdict in Matthew Owens Trial - PDF (24KB)
12/05/2005 State of Alaska Weighs In on U.S. Supreme Court Review Involving Federal Jurisdictional Limits Under the Clean Water Act - PDF (43KB)
12/05/2005 State Settles with Diving Exploration Company Over Fate of Historic Sunken Steamship SS Aleutian - PDF (50KB)
11/30/2005 Department of Law Donates Taxol Settlement Excess Proceeds to Hospice of Anchorage - PDF (27KB)
11/16/2005 Attorney General David Márquez Joins in Effort Asking Hollywood to Add Anti-Smoking Message to DVDs - PDF (27KB)
11/14/2005 Western Union Enters Agreement with Majority of States' Attorneys General to Fund a Consumer Protection Awareness Program Aimed at Reducing Risks of Fraudulent Wire Transfers - PDF (36KB)
11/04/2005 State Obtains Substantial Recovery in Settlement of WorldCom Bond Litigation - PDF (24KB)
11/01/2005 Juneau Assistant District Attorney Richard Svobodny Tapped to Become Alaska's First Cold Case Prosecutor - PDF (24KB)
11/01/2005 AG issues warning for Alaskans to be on the lookout for a new scam involving phone calls from someone representing themselves to be an official from the court or jury clerk's office - PDF (24KB)
11/01/2005 Anchorage Man Accused of Assault and Attempted Murder Gets Jail Time for Violating Conditions of Release on Bail - PDF (26KB)
10/27/2005 Attorney General Issues Statement Regarding Irwin
Memorandum - PDF (47KB)
- Response to Irwin Memo - *LARGE PDF (3.01MB)
10/17/2005 Craig Tillery Named Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Division for the Department of Law - PDF (23KB)
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10/17/2005 Department of Law Secures Funding for Statewide Rural Prosecution Support Team - PDF (24KB)
10/12/2005 Department of Law Secures Funding for Statewide Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prosecution Units - PDF (24KB)
10/06/2005 Dianne Olsen Receives Attorney General's 2005 Civil Division Leadership Award - PDF (26KB)
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10/03/2005 Nancy Gordon Named Acting Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Division Following Appointment of Scott J. Nordstrand as Commissioner of Administration - PDF (26KB)
09/28/2005 State Seeks to Intervene in Kensington Mine Lawsuit - PDF (45KB)
09/13/2005 Attorney General's Efforts Help Generate Multi-Million Dollar Rate Reduction and Refund for Customers of Anchorage Water and Wastewater
Utility - PDF (30KB)
- RCA Order - PDF (96KB)
09/02/2005 Attorney General's Office on Lookout for Gasoline Price
Gouging - PDF (27KB)
09/01/2005 Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief: Beware of Fraudulent Solicitations for Aid - PDF (38KB)
08/31/2005 Alaska AG Joins 50 Attorneys General and Consumer Protection Officials in Announcing Availability of Grants Funded by 2004 Settlement With Pfizer Division Over Improper Off-Label Drug Marketing - PDF (50KB)
- Grant Program Request for Applications - PDF (140KB)
08/30/2005 Attorney General's Efforts Help to Reduce Electric Utility
Rate Hike - PDF (24KB)
08/26/2005 District Attorney Concludes Charges Are Not Supportable in Dimond Mall Shooting Death - PDF (32KB)
08/19/2005 Attorney General to Appeal Decision Allowing Two State Judges to Remain on November 2004 General Election Ballot - PDF (46KB)
08/15/2005 Former State Trooper Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Three Aniak Women - PDF (32KB)
07/21/2005 Attorney General Makes Recommendation on Alaska's Medical Marijuana Registration Act - PDF (32KB)
- Marijuana Talking Points Here - PDF (19KB)
07/20/2005 Attorney General Applauds President Bush's Nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to the United States Supreme Court - PDF (45KB)
06/17/2005 Bethel Man Charged With Sexual Assault Involving Six
Victims - PDF (45KB)
06/16/2005 State Alleges Felony Theft Charge in PFD Investigation - PDF (45KB)
06/10/2005 Anchorage Students Encouraged to "Make the Right Choice" to Prevent Underage Drinking and Driving - PDF (88KB)
06/06/2005 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Submerged Land Title Issues in Southeast Alaska - PDF (87KB)
06/06/2005 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Warrants State Review of Alaska's Medical Marijuana Registration Law - PDF (46KB)
06/03/2005 Alaska Supreme Court Grants State's Request for Stay Involving 2005 Cooperative Fishery in the Chignik Management Area - PDF (45KB)
05/20/2005 Dean Guaneli Named State Prosecutor of the Year - PDF (45KB)
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04/27/2005 Consumer Alert: People In Profit System ("PIPS") is an illegal Ponzi Scheme - PDF (24KB)
04/15/2005 Alaska Supreme Court Rules That Public Safety Protection Services to Rural Alaskan Communities are not Racially Discriminatory - PDF (34KB)
- Opinion - *LARGE PDF (11.6MB)
04/13/2005 State Paralegals Honored for Work as Victim/Witness
Coordinators - PDF (113KB)
04/13/2005 State Attorneys General Urge Congress to Protect Funding For Crime-Victim Services from Threatened Budget Cuts - PDF (92KB)
- Letter to Congress - PDF (162KB)
03/29/2005 48 Attorneys General Announce Settlement with Blockbuster Over Advertising For "No Late Fee" Program - PDF (33KB)
03/22/2005 Lure of Easy Money May Buy Hard Time for Potential Bootleggers: First-time felony offender receives five-month sentence and fine - PDF (32KB)
03/22/2005 Murkowski Signs Bill Fixing Criminal Sentencing Statutes - PDF (31KB)
02/24/2005 Attorney General's Office Undertakes Initiative to Educate Consumers on Business and Work-at-Home Schemes - PDF (45KB)
- "The Sale of Business Opportunities in Alaska," a new brochure from the Department of Law - PDF (166KB)
02/15/2005 Nordstrand Appointed to Permanent Fund Board - PDF (70KB)
02/10/2005 Murkowski Names Deputy AG Scott J. Nordstrand as
Acting AG - PDF (73KB)
02/04/2005 National Consumer Protection Week Focuses on Identity
Theft - PDF (96KB)
- Identity Theft Fact Sheet - PDF (67KB)
- Identity Theft in Alaska Fact Sheet here - PDF (70KB)
01/28/2005 Attorney General Issues Statement in Response to Governor's Letter Dated January 27, 2005 - PDF (87KB)
01/25/2005 Attorney General Issues Statement in Response to the Bundy
Report - PDF (90KB)
01/25/2005 Governor Seeks Increased Penalties for Certain Illegal Drugs. Proposed legislation supplements current prohibitions on methamphetamines; Targets marijuana possession - PDF (81KB)
01/10/2005 Attorney General Announces Multistate Agreement with State Farm Will Result in $40 Million to Consumers Nationwide - PDF (93KB)