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State News Headlines

December 4, 2006

The following headlines are compiled as an internal service for state Attorney General offices only. This list is not exhaustive and is a snapshot of news from around the country compiled through the use of various search engines.

New rules make firms track e-mails, IMs

WASHINGTON - Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits. Roger Matus, chief executive of Concord, Mass.-based InBoxer Inc., said Friday his company is getting at least five times as many inquiries as it did six months ago for software that can accelerate the search and retrieval of electronic information. “Companies used to be focused on how they store information,” Matus said. “Now they’re focusing on how to retrieve it.” Full Article

Court considers role of U.S. in regulating emissions

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court entered the debate over global warming Wednesday, as Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservatives questioned whether states' environmental problems truly would be helped if the U.S. government changed its decision not to regulate emissions from new cars and trucks…Twelve states, three cities and several public health and environmental groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's decision not to regulate greenhouse gases that the National Academy of Sciences and other groups say cause global warming. The harm caused by vehicle emissions to the environment is key to the states' claim that they have legal standing to challenge the EPA. Full Article

Justices tackle consumer protection

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up a hotly contested business case with major implications for the nation's banking industry and, more broadly, for states' ability to set consumer protection and other laws that are tougher than federal standards. The case, Watters v. Wachovia Bank, pits Michigan regulators, supported by consumer groups and state attorneys general, against the banking industry, federal officials and business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A decision is likely by July, when the court recesses for the term. Full Article

Leslie R. Kershaw
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