CLARKSBURG – A former inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Morgantown is seeking more than $18 million in a lawsuit he filed against a number of prison employees, alleging he was subjected to more than 200 days of solitary confinement due to a conspiracy between the prison officials.
WASHINGTON -- The firm of heavyweight Alabama plaintiffs attorney Jere Beasley gave more than $600,000 to a candidate for the state Supreme Court in 2008 without appearing on a list of her contributors, a recent report shows.
Bader NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court decided Tuesday that 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement is constitutional, ruling against a challenge by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
UPDATE: This case was dismissed with prejudice on Aug. 1, 2011. Both parties submitted a joint filing to do so after a confidential settlement was reached.
McGraw WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown is the worst current state attorney general, according to a group that promotes free enterprise and limited government.
CHARLESTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform says changes proposed by the West Virginia Supreme Court to its appellate procedures don't go far enough.
WASHINGTON -- One of Shakespeare's plays includes a line about killing all the lawyers. Given the damage they do to the American economy by their abuse of our out-of-control tort system one can hardly blame anyone who adopts, in the figurative sense only, the wisdom of the sentiment.
HUNTINGTON -- Technology is constantly changing, and one organization at Marshall University is striving to help the legal community keep up with this change when it comes to evidence.
HUNTINGTON -– Two students taking an economics class in the Marshall University Lewis College of Business have been selected to be among 12 finalists who will present their ideas to a panel of top U.S. economists and policy makers during the National Economics Insider Symposium this summer.
WASHINGTON -- If Congress and the American people are looking for something to spur the economy and create jobs, they need look no further than travel and tourism. This is a $700 billion industry providing 7.4 million jobs and generating $186 billion in wages.
MORGANTOWN -- A new program at the West Virginia University College of Law was created to help prepare students to be leaders in West Virginia communities.
Donohue WASHINGTON -- The United States must make job creation its number one priority. Unemployment is 9.9 percent, and millions more have stopped looking for work or are underemployed.
Mackessy CLARKSBURG -– Susan S. Brewer, CEO of Steptoe & Johnson, has announced that Rick Mackessy has been hired as the Chief Financial Officer for the law firm.
CHARLESTON -- A man is suing seven companies and five individuals for after he claims they collectively orchestrated a fraudulent investment scheme involving the sale of high dollar equity-indexed universal life insurance policies.