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UPDATE: Lawmakers pass repeal of energy law
CHARLESTON – Both houses of the West Virginia Legislature overwhelmingly have passed a bill to repeal a 2010 energy law. -
WV CALA launches public education campaign
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse has kicked off a public education campaign to encourage West Virginians to make their voices heard and to contact their elected officials. -
Legislative leaders spar over energy law
CHARLESTON – Just days into the session, legislative leaders of their respective parties already are trading jabs over an attempt to repeal a 2010 law. -
Patent reform remains a priority on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – Federal lawmakers remain mum on the details of a new patent reform bill, but agree they are committed to bringing legislation to the table early this year. -
UPDATE: CALA says Tomblin should have addressed legal reform
CHARLESTON – The leader of a state organization says Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin erred by not highlighting the need for legal reform in his State of the State address. -
Motion accuses pelvic mesh lawyers of aggressive recruiting
CHARLESTON – A motion alleging plaintiffs' attorneys have been fraudulent in their aggressive recruitment of clients for pelvic mesh litigation has been filed in a MDL lawsuit against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson. -
Legal reform is on GOP agenda
CHARLESTON – Historic changes are taking place at the state Capitol as Republicans have a majority in both houses of the Legislature for the first time since the 1930s. -
Morrisey lays out legislative hopes
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is hoping the state Legislature takes up some issues related to his office, specifically codifying some changes he's made since he took the job in 2013. -
Tort reform on GOP legislative agenda
CHARLESTON – Tort reform is expected to be one of the key topics of the first West Virginia legislative session in decades to see Republicans in control of both houses. -
Va. couple files ethics complaint against Humphreys
CHARLESTON – The Virginia couple that sued attorney Jim Humphreys now has filed an ethics complaint against him and his firm. -
Sierra Club sees chance to destroy coal industry
CHARLESTON – Amid industry layoffs and hard times for coal mining families throughout Appalachia, one group sees opportunity: the Sierra Club. -
W.Va. Supreme Court listed third on Judicial Hellhole list
WASHINGTON – West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals has been ranked as the third worst Judicial Hellhole, according to the American Tort Reform Association’s annual report. -
Group says 'Learjet Justice' money should be returned
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group is calling on West Virginia judges, political candidates and parties to return more than $100,000 in contributions from a Mississippi-based law firm connected to a recent national news report. -
Records show Humphreys' workers suggested burning, deleting Va. flood files
CHARLESTON – An amended complaint against attorney Jim Humphreys details alleged fraud and cover-up by him and his law firm regarding the representation of clients in flood litigation. -
Fifth ethics complaint filed against Humphreys
CHARLESTON – A fifth legal ethics complaint has been filed against attorney Jim Humphreys and others who allegedly concocted a “cover-up” because he failed to properly represent clients in flood litigation. -
An opportunity for legal reform
CHARLESTON – This year’s election was historic in a number of ways and presents our state with many opportunities. -
THEIR VIEW: Companies must be held accountable for e-cig marketing
WASHINGTON -- Just a few generations ago, young people were bombarded with marketing messages from cigarette companies on television, in magazines, on billboards, at sports and cultural events, and multiple other channels. -
THEIR VIEW: Fixing VA means finding political will to fund it
WASHINGTON – U.S. Jay Rockefeller, the longest serving member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and its former chairman, recently issued the following remarks during a meeting of the Senate-House bipartisan panel charged with crafting compromise legislation aimed at making reforms to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. -
Hillary Clinton leading field of potential 2016 presidential candidates, poll says
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A new poll indicates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the front-runner for the 2016 presidential race. -
Signs of a renewed commitment to West Virginia
CHARLESTON – We now know that just over two weeks ago, thousands of West Virginians went to the polls and strongly indicated a desire for state government to be operated differently than in past decades.