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Eli Lilly: W.Va's claim for civil penalties inappropriate, greedy
McGraw NEW YORK - Pharmaceuticals manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. had more harsh words Friday for state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Eli Lilly upset with McGraw's outside counsel
McGraw NEW YORK -- Eli Lilly & Co. is upset that an attorney hired by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw didn't send it a copy of a letter faxed to a federal judge regarding contingency fee issues.
McGraw: Rural customers affected more by Chrysler bankruptcy
McGraw NEW YORK - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw is objecting to the closing of 17 state Chrysler dealerships in the company's bankruptcy proceedings.
Citing W.Va. law, NFL asks Delaware SC to stop sports betting
DOVER, Del. -- The National Football League does not want the State of Delaware to allow betting on sports and has asked the state Supreme Court to block the proposed law.
Berkeley judge planning SC run
Yoder MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court race of 2010 has its first candidate, a circuit judge from the Eastern Panhandle.
Outside counsel issue hits neighbor to the north
Rendell HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court currently has a chance to do something West Virginia's declined to in 2007.
McGraw's attorneys lose appeal in Eli Lilly case
McGraw NEW YORK -- Attorneys for the State of West Virginia may not depose officials from Eli Lilly & Co. about a $1.4 billion federal plea agreement, a federal judge recently decided.
Supreme Court hears $381M appeal
CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a nearly $400 million verdict against industrial giant DuPont.
Supreme Court public financing bill fails
Kessler CHARLESTON -- A proposal to use public funds to finance state Supreme Court campaigns has died in the state Legislature.
Massey request for extra brief rejected by High Court
Benjamin WASHINGTON - Massey Energy may not file a supplemental brief detailing West Virginia Chief Justice Brent Benjamin's voting record in its cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided.
BlueHippo appealing decision in McGraw's favor
CHARLESTON -- A troubled computer financing company is appealing a federal judge's decision to dismiss its lawsuit against West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
McGraw's attorneys want to explore timeline beyond Eli Lilly plea
McGraw NEW YORK - Private attorneys hired by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw are appealing a federal magistrate's decision that prevented them from further exploring the guilty plea to which Eli Lilly & Co. entered in January.
Legislature to weigh public financing of SupCo elections
Kessler CHARLESTON - Jeff Kessler, chair of the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee, thinks public financing of Supreme Court elections may help avoid the unwanted attention the Court has received recently.
Progress of judicial campaign reform an issue in recusal case
Souter WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson stood before the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday and warned them that the manner in which judges are elected is no longer working.
Tough day for both sides of judicial recusal case
Roberts WASHINGTON -- Justices of a seemingly split U.S. Supreme Court took turns grilling attorneys on both sides of a key judicial recusal case during oral arguments Tuesday morning.
Reply brief filed in Benjamin case
Benjamin WASHINGTON - Attorneys for a bankrupt coal company have filed one last brief before the United States Supreme Court decides if state Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have recused himself from the case of a campaign supporter.
Third party won't argue before U.S. SC in Caperton case
King WASHINGTON -- The State of Alabama may not participate in the oral arguments of a key judicial recusal case scheduled to be heard in March by the U.S. Supreme Court.
McGraw reaches two settlements
McGraw CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw recently reached a pair of settlements, one with a debt relief company and another with a car dealership.
La. justices to U.S. SC: Don't believe everything you read
Louisiana's Supreme Court justices, from left: Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll, Justice Jeffrey P. Victory, Justice Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball, Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Justice Bernette J. Johnson, Justice Chet D. Traylor, Justice John L. Weimer WASHINGTON -- The Louisiana Supreme Court wants to make sure its name isn't dragged through the mud during a key judicial recusal case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
McGraw's claims against Eli Lilly dwindling
McGraw NEW YORK -- West Virginia has agreed to drop its request for civil penalties for any acts committed before 2002 by Eli Lilly & Co. regarding its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.