McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has filed contempt proceedings against tax relief company JK Harris and its owner, John Harris, for continuing to violate a court order.
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday on the reinstatement of a lawsuit filed by a North Carolina man against Mylan drug companies.
CHARLESTON -- Two sisters are suing the state jail authority after they claim the medical staff at the North Central Regional Jail neglected their brother's medical problems, which led to his death.
CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin stripped secrecy away from settlement of suits over heart medicine Digitek so citizens can understand his coming decisions on fees and expenses for plaintiff lawyers.
CHARLESTON – North Carolina takes a two-year limit on wrongful death suits more seriously than West Virginia, so a North Carolina man pleads for a West Virginia court to hear his suit.
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.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that Jeffrey D. Patton, a member in charge of its Winston-Salem office, was recently named to Business North Carolina magazine's Legal Elite for 2011.
Moore WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that Timothy R. Moore, a member in its Winston-Salem office, was recently named to the 2011 Rising Stars list by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine.
WHEELING -– A Texas law firm and other lawyers defending a legal malpractice suit reached agreement with 15 former clients to break the case into 15 individual cases, but a federal disagreed.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Crucial victories in some of the nation's biggest cases has resulted in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP being placed at the top of the 2010 product liability group rankings of Portfolio Media, online publishers of Law 360 newswire for business lawyers. The legal media group notes that Nelson Mullins capitalized "on long-running relationships and trial savvy to shield top-tier
Moore CHARLESTON -— The management team of the law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that Timothy R. Moore of the Winston-Salem office has been elected as member.
RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court, in a ruling last week, affirmed a lower court's method of computing unpaid overtime compensation in the case of three former Charles Town Gaming employees.
McGraw LOS ANGELES -- California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case that seeks to end so-called "pay-for-delay" agreements.
Cook WHEELING -– Former CSX railroad workers from North Carolina who sued a Texas law firm in federal court don't have travel to Wheeling for depositions, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Seibert has decided.
Johnson AUSTIN, Texas -– West Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals erred in a decision on auto safety last year, according to the Supreme Court of Texas.
Mahaney HUNTINGTON -- John H. Mahaney, a trial lawyer and partner at Huddleston Bolen, has been named a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, a highly-selective honorary society established to reflect and recognize the face of the American bar in the 21st century.
Garrison WHEELING -– A Texas law firm claims 15 former clients from North Carolina failed to prove they can't travel to West Virginia for depositions in their malpractice suit against the firm.