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State GOP chairman calls McGraw an 'embarrassment'
McGraw CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Republican Party is calling Darrell McGraw an "expensive embarrassment" in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling against him.
Documentary shines light on questionable lawyers
WASHINGTON -– A documentary that debuts Monday night chronicles personal injury lawyers who abused America's civil justice system.
CALA: Deputy AG should be fired over Medicaid dispute
Hughes CHARLESTON – A state legal reform group says Attorney General Darrell McGraw's top deputy should be fired for orchestrating two settlements that may lead to the federal government withholding Medicaid funds.
Fourth Circuit: McGraw wrong to keep settlement funds from feds
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government was right to withhold Medicaid funds from West Virginia because it was shortchanged in a lawsuit by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Federal agency ticks off state AGs
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The nation's state attorneys general are claiming the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been attempting to preempt state consumer protection laws for a decade.
Pharmacies ask for rehearing of class action debate
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. -- A group of pharmacies sued by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is appealing a federal appeals court's decision to send the case to state court.
Groups want Biden to penalize Massey for mine explosion
Biden DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Two groups are asking Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden to take steps toward revoking the corporate charter of Massey Energy, the owner of a mine where 29 workers died in an April 2010 explosion.
Sued asbestos firm says former clients are off limits
Peirce WHEELING (Legal Newsline) - A Pittsburgh asbestos law firm says its relationship with former clients is ongoing and the company suing it for fraud should not be allowed to contact them.
Fourth Circuit sends McGraw's drug-pricing case to W.Va.
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's lawsuit against prescription drug retailers is not a class action and should be heard in state court.
Harsh words from defense in Minn. drug-pricing case
Brian Glasser MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys for a group of prescription drug retailers say the actions of plaintiffs attorneys suing them should not be tolerated and that their ignorance of federal class action rules is no excuse for their behavior.
McGraw, feds give arguments on Medicaid funds
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and the federal government argued last week over more than $400,000 in Medicaid funds being withheld from the state.
CSX wants to talk to former asbestos plaintiffs for fraud case
Peirce WHEELING -- A company that has filed a fraud lawsuit against an asbestos law firm says it has the right to speak with the firm's former clients.
McGraw using Ala. decision in fight with feds
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RICHMOND, Va. -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is using a recent decision against the federal Medicaid agency to support his argument while he attempts to avoid causing a hole in his state's budget.
Feds appeal ruling on Medicaid lawsuit funds
McGraw ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - The federal government is appealing a ruling that prevents it from taking certain funds from state-filed Medicaid lawsuits.
Magistrate to rule on W.Va. firm's remand motion in drug-pricing case
Brian Glasser MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal magistrate judge must decide if a West Virginia law firm's request to remand a drug-pricing case to Minnesota state court was done within a "reasonable" time frame.
Drug pricing case in need of new judge
Glasser MINNEAPOLIS -– Because of a retirement and a recusal, a lawsuit brought by a West Virginia law firm over generic drug pricing is now a case without a judge.
Drug stores make their case against McGraw
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. -- Six prescription drug retailers made their case to a federal appellate court Tuesday that West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has filed a class action lawsuit against them.
McGraw says decisions show he didn't file class action
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw says two recent decisions from California and Connecticut show that he has not filed a class action lawsuit against a group of retail drug stores.
W.Va. AG part of $68.5M Seroquel settlement
McGraw WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Thirty-eight state attorneys general -- including West Virginia AG Darrell McGraw -- announced a record-breaking $68.5 million agreement with a drug company Thursday over allegations of improper marketing practices.
Risperdal case goes to trial in South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – South Carolina's lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceutica over its prescription antipsychotic Risperdal went to trial Tuesday in the state's 7th Judicial Circuit Court.