CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced that West Virginia now has full concealed carry handgun reciprocity with State of Nevada, ensuring that citizens’ concealed handgun licenses issued by either state will be recognized by the other. “As Attorney General, it has been a priority to protect the Second Amendment rights of West Virginians and those who visit here,” Morrisey said in a statement.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and 15 other state AGs have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an immediate stay of its Clean Power Plan pending the outcome of an impending legal challenge to the rule. “This request is a necessary first step and prerequisite to confronting this illegal power grab by the Obama administration and EPA,” Morrisey said. “These regulations, if allowed to proceed, will do serious harm to West Virginia and the U.S. economy, a
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and 44 other state Attorneys General are calling on five major telephone companies to offer technology to block scam phone calls. In a joint letter to the chief executives of AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile and CenturyLink, the Attorneys General said a new Federal Communications Commission rule clarification allows telecommunication service providers to offer customers the ability to block scam calls, and verifies that federal law doe
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced he joined a bipartisan, multi-state effort to urge federal lawmakers against preempting state laws designed to protect consumers affected by data breaches and identity theft. Morrisey announced he joined the national coalition to urge congress against preempting the state laws on data breach and security laws on July 7. Morrisey joined 46 other attorneys general in a letter to U.S.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced he joined a bipartisan, multi-state effort to urge federal lawmakers against preempting state laws designed to protect consumers affected by data breaches and identity theft. Morrisey announced he joined the national coalition to urge congress against preempting the state laws on data breach and security laws on July 7. Morrisey joined 46 other attorneys general in a letter to U.S.
WASHINGTON – A national tort reform group has praised West Virginia for leading the way in civil justice reforms this year. The American Tort Reform Association this week issued its annual State Tort Reform Enactments brief.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading the charge in a lawsuit, filed in a Georgia federal court Tuesday, that challenges a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that would extend its authority to all bodies of water. West Virginia is among the bipartisan, nine-state coalition that argues the “Waters of the United States” rule would unlawfully expand the federal agency’s regulatory reach over small streams, land and farms. Morrisey, a Republican, feels
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey issued the following statement Thursday applauding the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision saying the First Amendment protects a church’s right to post a sign advertising its services.
HUNTINGTON – Five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP West Virginia attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2015 West Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication.
FROM STAFF REPORTS HUNTINGTON – Five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP West Virginia attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2015 West Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication. The Super Lawyer attorneys and the practices they are recognized for are: Marc E.
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that West Virginia leads a letter on behalf of 14 states encouraging the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to pass the Federal Water Quality Protection Act addressing the unlawful rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers defining “waters of the United States.”
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Friday said the state recently penned a letter on behalf of 19 states asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed rules on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants because the agency failed to meet the specified deadlines set by law.
HUNTINGTON – Alex Turner has joined the West Virginia office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as an associate and will focus his practice on class action and mass tort litigation as well as commercial, medical liability, and product liability litigation.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced he joined 32 other states and the District of Columbia in objecting to RadioShack’s plan to sell customers’ personal, private information as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia's Patrick Morrisey and 13 other state attorneys general in comments challenging a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would reduce the legal amounts of ground-level ozone.
CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed Senate Bill 411, also known as the Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act and the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act.
