2007 Press Releases

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Feb. 6, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a $90 million settlement with Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., resolving allegations that Samsung and other leading computer chip…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 25, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that his office is partnering with The Advertising Council in a new ad campaign aimed at reducing the number of fatal car crashes involving teens and young adults.…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 24, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced the indictment today of former Tempe Police Officer Frank P. Romero, 36, on charges of fraud, illegally conducting an enterprise and theft.

The State Grand Jury…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 23, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a settlement with Bayer Corporation over its marketing of Baycol, a drug used to lower cholesterol that the company withdrew from the market in August 2001.

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 22, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today warned Arizona consumers about applying for personal loans over the Internet. Arizona consumers have reported to the Attorney General’s Office a scam offering personal loans to…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 12, 2007) The Arizona Court of Appeals has reinstated charges against Apache County Sheriff Brian Hounshell after reversing a lower court’s decision to dismiss them.

Hounshell was indicted by the State Grand Jury in…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 12, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that Troy Salmon, 43, of Tonopah, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court today to 25 years in prison for manufacturing dangerous drugs and possession of drug…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 10, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today said he will appeal a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling that takes away the State’s authority to seize suspicious money transfers to Mexico that finance human smuggling…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 8, 2007) A robber who walked off with more than $1 million in jewelry from a Scottsdale store but mistakenly left behind a business card pleaded guilty Friday to armed robbery with a prior felony conviction in Maricopa…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Jan. 8, 2007) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, January 9, in an Arizona case regarding the death sentence of Jeffrey Landrigan.

Arizona Assistant Attorney General Kent Cattani will represent…