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W.Va. Chamber pushes tort reform for next legislative session
CHARLESTON -- Civil justice reform is one of the many areas the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce would like to see state lawmakers focus their efforts.
McGraw's drug-pricing suit removed to federal court
McGraw CHARLESTON -- CVS Pharmacy and other defendants in a lawsuit filed by outside counsel hired by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw have removed the case to federal court.
Frank: Agency needed to regulate financial industry
Frank WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who introduced a consumer protection bill affecting state attorneys general, told a House committee Wednesday that the Federal Reserve should not be trusted to have consumers' best interest in mind.
Zyprexa settlements piling up, four states remain
NEW YORK -- All but four states out of a group of 12 have settlements in place with Eli Lilly & Co., it was revealed Monday during a hearing.
CALA: Pay-to-play again on display in McGraw's office
McGraw CHARLESTON -- A legal watchdog group is concerned that state Attorney General Darrell McGraw has again hired campaign contributors to pursue a lawsuit on behalf of the State.
Tie doesn't go to Harman, SC says
Benjamin CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court decided Sept. 3 that a tie vote that resulted from Chief Justice Brent Benjamin being told he should've recused himself in a case is not enough to affirm a $50 million verdict in a controversial case.
Dean: Lawmakers scared to tick off trial bar
Dean WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Darren McKinney, spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, concluded Monday that former Presidential candidate Howard Dean is a man with a history of speaking his mind.
W.Va's Zyprexa settlement unsealed
McGraw NEW YORK – Pharmaceuticals maker Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw over its prescription anti-psychotic Zyprexa.
Appeals board may soon decide in McGraw's OxyContin controversy
McGraw WASHINGTON – State Attorney General Darrell McGraw's fight with the federal Medicaid agency over a proposed disallowance of funds may be resolved in the next few months.
AGs back Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Obama WASHINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is one of 22 state attorneys general who are urging Congress to pass a plan crafted by President Barack Obama's administration for a consumer protection agency that will team with them.
McGraw issues subpoena to financial group
McGraw CHARLESTON – State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has subpoenaed Ambac Financial Group Inc., becoming the third state attorney general to investigate the company over possible antitrust violations.
Terms of W.Va.'s apparent settlement with Eli Lilly not yet known
McGraw NEW YORK - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw and Eli Lilly & Co. apparently have reached a settlement, though the terms won't be known unless they are unsealed.
Massey drops challenge to W.Va. SC recusal standards
Starcher CHARLESTON - Massey Energy has dropped its lawsuit against the state Supreme Court.
Previous vote should affirm $50M verdict, mining company says
Blankenship CHARLESTON - There is no need for the state Supreme Court to hear a headline-causing case a third time, attorneys for Harman Mining Co. said Thursday.
Lawmaker wants PEIA to ask for Oxy money
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Before a state agency starts making budget cuts, one West Virginia lawmaker wants it to inquire about money that he feels it may be owed from state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's controversial 2004 OxyContin settlement.
McGraw backs NRA in Chicago case
McGraw WASHINGTON - West Virginia is one of a group states that has joined in a brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court defending the Second Amendment rights of individuals who live in cities that have banned handguns at home.
McGraw settlement causes $446K hole in Medicaid funding
McGraw WASHNGTON - The federal government plans to withhold nearly a half-million dollars the next time it doles out Medicaid funding to the State of West Virginia as a result of a settlement engineered by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
U.S. Supreme Court relies on W.Va. decision in Mass. case
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal of a Massachusetts decision that requires out-of-state corporations to pay state taxes if they have a "substantial nexus" in the state.
W.Va., other states settle with TJ Maxx
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- West Virginia and 40 others states have settled with TJX Cos. over a security breach at the company they were investigating.
U.S. SC decision may facilitate change to states' recusal policies
Benjamin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Changes to the way state Supreme Courts handle recusal issues may be coming after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision paved the way for them.