WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito joined some Senate colleagues to introduce a bill that would prevent the president and other officials from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congressional approval.
CHARLESTON – A Charleston attorney is continuing his efforts to help the family and law enforcement community in the wake of a Charleston Police officer’s death earlier this month in the line of duty. And, he also is trying to help the family of a Putnam County man who died in the explosion at a Belle chemical plan earlier this month.
CHARLESTON – Like so many others, Charleston attorney Rusty Webb is heartbroken over last week’s on-duty death of Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson. So, Webb is selling shirts and hats to benefit Johnson’s family and other police officer charities.
United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement regarding Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson, a fallen hero who was shot and killed in the line of duty.
NEW CUMBERLAND – A Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort employee alleges he was abruptly sent home from work for nearly a month because of his diabetes and/or accommodation request.
WHEELING – Three nurses, a pharmacist and pharmacy buyer who worked for the former Ohio Valley Medical Center claim the health care facility violated federal law by not providing its employees with 60 days' written notice before closing its operations.
HUNTINGTON – A Cabell County health care facility is alleged to have failed to document the skin conditions of a former resident and that the resident's death of sepsis was caused by this alleged failure.
MOUNDSVILLE — The City of McMechen denied allegations in a complaint alleging it wrongfully terminated an employee after she reported improprieties of another city employee.
The National Law Journal has ranked Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough No. 63 by the 2019 National Law Journal Top 500 (NLJ 500), a jump of 21 spots from its place in the 2018 listings.
MOUNDSVILLE – A Marshall County woman alleges she resigned from employment with a Moundsville facility after she was reprimanded for reporting suspected patient abuse.
CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry’s Charleston home is for sale. Loughry, who was sentenced last month to 24 months in federal prison, and his family listed the home March 1 for $150,000.
Russell E. Cass, in Clark Hill’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, has been appointed to the position of Administrative Patent Judge on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.