CLARKSBURG – Eleven current and former managers of video poker parlors throughout central West Virginia have filed separate federal lawsuits against the parlors and their owner, alleging they worked more than 40 hours per week without receiving overtime pay and were not paid mileage.
Potter WHEELING -– Spilman Thomas & Battle is pleased to announce that Sharon "Shari" Potter has joined the firm as Counsel in its Wheeling office.
CHARLESTON – A former Cross Lanes strip club wants a Kanawha County judge to overturn the decision of some county agencies and allow the club to reopen.
MARTINSBURG – Jefferson County planning commission members sued developer Far Away Farms when they should have sued the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the developer's attorney claims.
MORGANTOWN- The union representing public school service employee's is alleging the Monongalia County school board is putting students at risk by not checking the credentials of drivers not employed by the county who are transporting students to school-sponsored activities.
CHARLESTON – A Putnam County woman's complaint against her former boss and employers in which she alleged she was fired because of her reports of sexual harassment and illegal conduct has been dismissed.
CHARLESTON -– Independent Commission on Judicial Reform Chairman Carte Goodwin informed Gov. Joe Manchin that the commission will host public hearings at Marshall University, West Virginia University and in Charleston in the coming days.
Williams BECKLEY -– The law firm of Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown and Poe is proud to announce that Chip Williams, director of litigation in the firm's Beckley office, has been elected an equity (owner) member of the firm.
Nelson CHARLESTON -- Huddleston Bolen attorney Kevin Nelson will speak on "Consent to Settle" provisions in professional insurance policies as part of the Mountaineer Series Insurance Law Seminar to be held on Sept. 11-12, in Morgantown.
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin on Tuesday announced his appointment of Phillip D. Gaujot to the newly created judgeship in the 17th Judicial Circuit in Monongalia County.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -– Cincinnati-based law firm Dinsmore & Shohl and Louisville-based Woodward, Hobson & Fulton have announced the merger of their firms.
CHARLESTON -- The next meeting of the West Virginia Independent Commission on Judicial Reform is scheduled for Aug. 28 at Marshall University in Huntington.
MORGANTOWN – Generic drugmaker Mylan has filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over stories that triggered an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
CAHRLESTON -- Jackson Kelly is pleased to announce that 58 of the firm's lawyers were recently named in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.