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Leaders urge passage of magistrate salary equalization bill
Boggs CHARLESTON – House Majority Leader Brent Boggs said he hopes the Senate will move forward legislation to equalize the salaries for county magistrates. -
Law professor: Groh could be confirmed next week
Groh WASHINGTON - One legal observer says Berkeley Circuit Judge Gina Groh's nomination to a federal court could be confirmed as early as next week. -
Insurance bill leads to war of words
Miley CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce calls an insurance-related lawsuit bill detrimental to recent legal reforms made in the state, but supporters of the proposal disagree. -
W.Va. SC: Deem's name must be removed from ballot
Deem CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a brief, three-page order Wednesday, ruled that a state lawmaker's election opponent must be removed from the May primary ballot. -
W.Va. SC hears arguments in Deem candidacy case
Boley CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard arguments in a case in which a state lawmaker is asking the Court to remove an election opponent from the May primary ballot. -
W.Va. SC to hear case over lawmaker's election opponent
Boley CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals this week will hear a case in which a state lawmaker is asking the Court to remove her primary election opponent from the May primary ballot. -
W.Va. high court lowers budget request
Canterbury CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, citing the health of the state's Judicial Retirement System, is lowering its budget appropriation request by more than $2 million. -
Disbarred Logan attorney seeks reinstatement
M. Hrutkay CHARLESTON – A Logan County attorney disbarred for his conviction in a vote-buying scheme to help his ex-wife win election to the House of Delegates is asking that he again be allowed to practice law. -
State judges might get pay raise
CHARLESTON – Some state judges might be receiving pay increases because of proposed legislation that would reduce the pension payments the judges have to currently make to the Judges' Retirement System. -
Report: Manchin criticizes Senate for holding up judicial nominations
Manchin WASHINGTON - West Virginia's junior U.S. senator, Joe Manchin, last week criticized the Senate for holding up Berkeley Circuit Judge Gina Groh's federal judgeship. -
Pleasants County senator petitions state SC over primary opponent
Boley CHARLESTON - A West Virginia lawmaker is asking the state Supreme Court of Appeals to remove her primary election opponent from the May primary ballot. -
W.Va. judicial nominees could see votes in March
Thacker WASHINGTON - Things are finally looking up for those judicial nominees waiting to be approved, including two from West Virginia. -
W.Va. SC: Role of court in redistricting limited to plans' validity
McHugh CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court of Appeals has released a full opinion on its November decision to not change recently redrawn House of Delegates and state Senate districts. -
Report: Plan to speed up judicial nominations could be stalled
Tobias CHARLESTON - An effort by U.S. Senate Democrats to speed up judicial nominations could be delayed. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Goodwin joins U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission
Goodwin WASHINGTON -— U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin have announced that Senate leaders have agreed to nominate Carte Goodwin to a two-year term on the United States-China Economic Security Review Commission. -
State Chamber likes idea of right-to-work legislation
Roberts CHARLESTON – The state Chamber of Commerce is behind state Sen. Karen Facemyer's proposal to make West Virginia a right-to-work state. -
Blog shows trial lawyer group working with four U.S. Senate campaigns
Bailey BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - A group being funded by trial lawyer heavyweights is working with Heidi Heitkamp, a former North Dakota attorney general, on her U.S. Senate campaign. Among the lawyers making donations are Timothy Bailey of Bucci, Bailey & Javins in Charleston. -
Intermediate appellate court a 'full step' to legal reform, panel says
Williams CHARLESTON - Though a positive step forward, panelists at a legislative forum said revised rules of appellate procedure the state Supreme Court adopted a year ago don't go far enough in providing meaningful legal reform in West Virginia. -
Law professor doubts Senate will speed up nominations
Tobias RICHMOND, Va. - A University of Richmond law professor says he doubts the U.S. Senate will go along with a plan by President Barack Obama to speed up judicial appointments. -
Morrisey files to run for AG
Morrisey CHARLESTON – A Republican attorney from the eastern Panhandle has filed to run for West Virginia Attorney General against Darrell McGraw.