William Westwood Lockyer(Treasurer, State of California)
Although Lockyer was replaced by Jerry Brown (remember him?) this year as State AG, his legacy of aggressively targeting corporations lives on- including suits against consumer finance companies, HP over the pretexting scandal, automakers over greenhouse gas emissions, etc. Who can be surprised, as this is the same person quoted during the Enron trials as saying “I would love to personally escort [Enron CEO Kenneth Lay] to an 8-by-10 cell that he could share with a tattooed dude who says, ‘Hi, my name is Spike, honey.’” The pending outcome of the AG’s 2007 lawsuit against Mattel over lead paint could have far-reaching ramifications for all consumer product importers in terms of required up-the-supply-chain controls, tests and audits.
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