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Consumer debt and identity theft generated the lion's share of more than 27,000 complaints to the Illinois Consumer Protection Division in 2010, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today.
Lisa Murray Madigan [1] (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party , she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position.
Madigan, 2013 IL App (4th) 120662, 992 N.E.2d 629 (2013), is a case decided by the Illinois Appellate Court in 2013 concerning the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The court ruled that messages sent and received by elected officials during a city council meeting and pertaining to public business are public records subject to ...
A notorious online marketing scam that billed the credit and debit cards of thousands of unsuspecting consumers without their approval has been shut down by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Illinois' attorney general is suing a company for allegedly operating debt relief and mortgage rescue scams that targeted the Chicago area's sizable Polish community - allegedly bilking more than ...
Attorney General Lisa Madigan created the Public Access Counselor position in 2004. Attorney General Lisa Madigan established the Public Access and Opinions Division in December 2004, and appointed Terry Mutchler as the first Public Access Counselor. [5] The PAC could mediate disputes and write letters to encourage public bodies to comply with ...
Last week, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate possible “systemic violations” by the cops, citing racial disparity in complaint dismissal rates. “Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken, especially in communities of color in the City of Chicago,” she wrote.
[59] [60] The following month, the commission and the attorney general's office agreed on a joint proposal that would have given Lisa Madigan's office broad authority to settle disputes, impose criminal penalties for willful violations of FOIA, and narrow the exemptions from disclosure. However, staff of Michael Madigan and other legislative ...