2008 Press Releases

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 15, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a settlement with Mattel, Inc. and its subsidiary Fisher-Price, Inc. (Mattel) to protect children from lead in popular toys.

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(Phoenix, Ariz. - Dec. 15, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today released a legal Opinion making clear that enforcement of a 2007 state law requiring the paving and stabilization of parking lots and driveways to help control air pollution…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Dec. 15, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that allows smokers to use state consumer protection laws to sue tobacco companies for allegedly deceptive marketing of their…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 8, 2008) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in an Arizona case regarding a Tucson police officer’s pat-down search of Lemon Montrea Johnson during a traffic stop.

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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 5, 2008) The Arizona Supreme Court has declined Western Union’s petition to review the issue of whether the Court of Appeals improperly found probable cause to seize money transfers, in an order issued late Thursday. In the…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – December 2, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that former real estate agent Roy Keith Fife, 47, of Tucson, pleaded guilty to fraud and forgery charges at a hearing in Pima County Superior Court on Monday.…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Nov. 26, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that Hayden Holland, 47, of Scottsdale, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison, followed by seven years of probation, and ordered to pay $7.8 million in…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Nov. 25, 2008) With the official start of the holiday shopping season coming on “Black Friday,” November 28, and “Cyber Monday”, December 1, Attorney General Terry Goddard today offered his top five tips for holiday shoppers.…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – November 21, 2008) Attorney General Goddard announced today that he and Attorneys General of 41 other states and territories are asking the Federal Trade Commission to strengthen “Buyer’s Guide” notices to indicate if used cars…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Nov. 21, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today made note of the significant decline in cigarette smoking in Arizona and across the nation since the landmark agreement between state attorneys general and big tobacco was…