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Eli Lilly close to resolving federal charges
INDIANAPOLIS -- Prescription drug manufacturer Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday that it will resolve a federal investigation by taking a $1.4 billion charge in the third quarter of this fiscal year.
Judge affirms block against campaign disclosure laws
McGraw CHARLESTON - While state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office appeals, an injunction against recently passed campaign advertising disclosure laws will remain.
Contributions becoming obstacle on W.Va. SC, candidates say
Walker CHARLESTON - With the issue of recusal becoming larger on state's highest court, one Supreme Court candidate said Wednesday that she prefers not knowing who her contributors are while another said he wishes the public financed judicial campaigns.
Requested records not missing, McGraw's office says
McGraw CHARLESTON - Six months of records thought to be missing from state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office have been reprinted and are ready to be viewed, office Comptroller Joe Clay said Tuesday.
W.Va. AG challenger turns to Legislature for McGraw probe
Greear CHARLESTON - Dan Greear, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, is urging lawmakers to investigate records missing from incumbent Darrell McGraw's office.
Charleston papers disagree on AG's race
McGraw CHARLESTON - The two major daily newspapers in West Virginia's capital are split on the state attorney general's race.
Paper analyzes economic effect of W.Va. SC
Sobel WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An economics professor at West Virginia University has authored a piece criticizing the effect the state Supreme Court has had on the business climate.
W.Va. SC candidates taking in money from lawyers in high-profile case
Ketchum CHARLESTON - Lawyers in a nearly $400 million case scheduled to be heard by the state Supreme Court have contributed thousands of dollars to two Democrats up for open spots on the Court.
McGraw tabbed state's top lawsuit abuser
Cohen CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has been named by a legal reform group as the state's top lawsuit abuser in 2008.
Judge tells group to change argument against campaign laws
Ireland BLUEFIELD - The amendment of a few West Virginia campaign laws has negated a nonprofit group's attack on the originals, a federal judge recently decided.
State Supreme Court sends Ohio plaintiff packing
Benjamin CHARLESTON - Having a West Virginia-based attorney who received communications from an insurance company does not mean an out-of-state plaintiff can file suit in West Virginia, the state Supreme Court recently ruled.
DuPont appeal accepted by W.Va. SC
CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of industrial giant DuPont, which is hoping to overturn a $381 million Harrison County verdict against it.
DuPont makes case for appeal
CHARLESTON - Lawyers for industrial giant DuPont argued Wednesday that the state Supreme Court should hear its appeal of a $381 million verdict against it.
Ketchum catching flak for comments
Walker CHARLESTON - Beth Walker, a Republican candidate for the state Supreme Court, says she is disappointed with the comments of one of her competitors.
McGraw, CALA turn to editorials to state cases
Hughes CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw's controversial 2004 settlement with a pharmaceutical company is the subject of dueling editorials by his office and a legal reform group.
Some of W.Va. chief justice's e-mail subject to disclosure, judge rules
Maynard CHARLESTON - A Kanawha Circuit judge has ordered the state Supreme Court to release five e-mails between Chief Justice Spike Maynard and the head of a major corporation.
Pollster defends Supreme Court findings
CHARLESTON - The company that's recent poll was criticized by a state Supreme Court candidate said Tuesday that its methodology closer resembled the coming election.
Ketchum says lead is bigger than advertised
Ketchum CHARLESTON - State Supreme Court candidate Menis Ketchum says a recent poll that shows him in a close fight with Republican challenger Beth Walker is misleading.
Workman has big lead, poll shows
Workman CHARLESTON - A recent poll indicates Margaret Workman, a former West Virginia Supreme Court justice, has an easy road to travel to get back to the bench.
Group under fire from McGraw wants campaign laws changed
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CHARLESTON - The group that's advertisements have infuriated state Attorney General Darrell McGraw started challenging the state's campaign laws earlier this year.