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Friday, December 10, 2010
Law - "Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard University law professor selected by President Barack Obama to police consumer finance, is wooing state attorneys general to act as her deputies"
So begins this story from Bloomberg Business Week by Carter Dougherty. The interesting story points out that "The new geniality is a departure from the recent past." The story concludes:
During the Florida meeting, Warren says, the state prosecutors asked if she could make federal money available to fund state enforcement efforts. She's considering the idea, which has precedent. The U.S. Health and Human Services Dept. gives states grants to finance prosecutions of Medicaid fraud, says Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, a Republican. Zoeller is now working with Warren, despite worries that state AGs will get hooked on federal cash. "I fear that over the years, the bureau will dictate to the independent attorneys general how we do our job," Zoeller says.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 10, 2010 10:54 AM
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