CHARLESTON – A national tort reform group commended the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's survey on legal climates, noting the similarities to its own report issued in December.
Jones CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are butting heads again, this time over an ad campaign.
Lewin CHARLESTON -- Lucien G. Lewin, a member in the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, has been named Foundation Fellow by the West Virginia Bar Foundation.
Jones CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association has commended Gov. Joe Manchin for signing into law a bill that will limit out-of-state plaintiffs from filing lawsuits in West Virginia.
Manchin CHARLESTON – A bill aimed at limiting lawsuits filed by out-of-state residents was signed into law, drawing praise and criticism from several groups following the issue.
MORGANTOWN -- In 1963, Congress passed the national Equal Pay Act, and it's been almost a decade since lawmakers enacted the 1998 Equal Pay Bill for the state of West Virginia.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The economic cost of lawsuits on the United States economy towers over the amount spent federally on disease prevention and homeland security, according to a study released today.
MORGANTOWN -- Just over a year after the Sago Mine disaster brought international attention to the issue of coal mine safety, some progress has been made toward protecting miners.
MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia Roundtable is expecting a record number of attendees at this year's West Virginia Leadership Conference April 17-18 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown.
Mollohan WHEELING - The former president and CEO of a West Virginia nonprofit organization has filed a suit that alleges, among other things, his job was given to "a close associate" of Congressman Alan Mollohan.
CLARKSBURG -- Business leader, executive coach and author Scott Eblin will share what it takes to move up to the next level and excel as an organizational leader at the Steptoe & Johnson Labor Institute July 19-20 at Snowshoe Mountain Resort.
HUNTINGTON -– Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp last week announced that the university has received its first-ever payment resulting from its effort to spur economic growth through support of intellectual property created by faculty.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has been singled out in a Competitive Enterprise Institute report ranking the nation's worst AGs.