McGraw CHARLESTON -- Mortgage lender Countrywide has reached an $8.68 billion settlement with 11 states. West Virginia is not one of them. The Mountain State also is not part of a settlement 34 states reached with pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co.
Bell CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin resolved a dispute among 125 lawyers around the nation by choosing Harry Bell of Charleston to coordinate lawsuits against companies that made heart medicine Digitek.
HUNTINGTON - A former Huntington Heroes football player has filed a suit against the team, seeking compensation for an injury he sustained while playing.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw entered into a consent judgment with JK Harris and Company of Charleston, S.C., and its president John K. Harris on June 12.
CHARLESTON – In a follow-up to its judicial accountability report card, the legal watchdog group Help Abolish Legal Tyranny recently released a 10 best practices list.
McGraw ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. -– A troubled wire transfer company settled Wednesday with 45 state attorneys general, including state Attorney General Darrell McGraw, agreeing to provide fraud prevention education services.
Rodriguez MORGANTOWN – Former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez can't hide arrangements he and the University of Michigan made to buy out his West Virginia contract, Monongalia County Circuit Judge Robert Stone ruled June 23.
McGraw CHARLESTON - A South Carolina firm that promised to settle consumer tax debts has agreed to pay $1.5 million in restitution and change its advertising, under an agreement with 18 state attorneys general.
McGraw NEW ORLEANS - West Virginia's Darrell McGraw was one of six state attorneys general to be given a "B" grading in a recent study ranking how each is helping homeowners make it through the nation's foreclosure crisis.
CHARLES TOWN -- The Family Policy Council of West Virginia recently mailed a model prayer policy designed by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys to Charles Town officials in the wake of a recent complaint over the city council's tradition of starting its meetings with an invocation.
NEW YORK - Jim Copland of the Manhattan Institute says his organization certainly doesn't oppose new business concepts. After all, the think tank's mission statement includes fostering new ideas that promote economic growth.
Musgrave POINT PLEASANT – Court records show that Raymond Musgrave not only sued two other clients for non-payment of legal fees, but also another attorney for luring one of his clients away from him. However, all suits were to no avail.
CHARLESTON – Along with his recent conviction for attempting to operate a meth lab in Pocahontas County, court records show Jody Ray Johnson was convicted in 2001 for obstructing a police officer, and defaulted on a credit card and loan the following year.