Press Room - March 2011

O’FALLON HOTEL POOL CLOSED AS MADIGAN ACTS ON CONCERNS RAISED BY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
Management Defied Earlier Orders to Keep Pool Closed

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: DEAN FOODS SETTLEMENT TO BENEFIT MILK CONSUMERS
Company Must Sell Milk Processing Plant to Preserve Competition in Northern Illinois

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN, NINE STATES CRACK DOWN ON NATIONAL AUTO MARKETING FIRM OVER FALSE ADS

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN SUES SPRINGFIELD TRAVEL AGENT OVER VACATION TRIP SCAM

AG MADIGAN: PEORIA-AREA MAN SENTENCED FOR HOME REPAIR FRAUD, MUST REFUND OVER $100,000 TO LOCAL CONSUMERS

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: PENALTIES ASSESSED FOR WILDLIFE, FISH KILL AT FULTON COUNTY ETHANOL PLANT
New Owner Will Assume Former Owner’s Liability

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: TWO ARRESTS IN DECATUR NURSING HOME COMPLIANCE SWEEP

MADIGAN: CHEMICAL COMPANY AGREES TO CIVIL PENALTY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE VIOLATIONS
Waste Improperly Stored On-site in Thousands of Drums

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: SUNSHINE LAWS SHINING LIGHT ON ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT; CHANGING CULTURE OF SECRECY
Public Access Counselor Releases New Guidelines to Assist in Requests for Law Enforcement Documents

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN WARNS DONORS TO BE WARY OF SCAMS TIED TO RELIEF EFFORTS FOR JAPAN
Madigan Urges Illinois Contributors to Research Charities Before Donating

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ANNOUNCE INDICTMENTS OF TWO ACCOUNTANTS FOR GAS TAX EVASION
Authorities Estimate Defendants Responsible for $5 Million in State Losses from Fraudulent Tax Returns

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN REACHES $68.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS
Madigan Leads States to Landmark Agreement over Marketing of Seroquel Drug

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN SUES PACKAGED ICE MANUFACTURERS FOR ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS
Illegal Activity Deprived Illinoisans of Lower Prices and Better Quality Service

MADIGAN: CASTLE CONSTRUCTION OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD
Owner Faces Felony Probation and Sizeable Fine

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: METRO EAST MAN ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
19th Arrest in Statewide Crackdown on Child Porn Traffickers

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: POCKETBOOK ISSUES CONTINUE TO TOP CONSUMER CONCERNS IN 2010
Madigan Files Lawsuit Aimed at New Wave of Consumer Debt Settlement Scams