CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is reminding West Virginians of the state’s price gouging laws, which remained in effect Friday as Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin transitioned to a state of emergency in all 55 counties.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ruled that the vacant state Senate seat in the headlines for the last two weeks should be filled by a Republican. The Justices issued their opinion Jan. 22, rejecting the writ filed by Democrats who argued it should be filled by a member of their party because former state Senator Daniel Hall was a Democrat when he was elected in 2012.
CHARLESTON – The decision of what party will fill a vacant state Senate seat now rests with the state Supreme Court. Justices heard oral arguments Jan. 19 on a writ filed by members of the local Democratic Executive Committee from the Ninth Senatorial District. Former state Sen. Daniel Hall resigned from the position earlier this month, and both parties say they have the right to fill the vacant seat. Hall was elected as a Democrat in 2012, but he switched party affiliation to Republican after
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Justice Menis Ketchum asked the House and Senate to repeal three bills during budget hearings before their finance meetings. Ketchum, along with Justice Allen Loughry, attended the Jan. 18 meetings to discuss the state Supreme Court budget.
Ever seen a balance scale with just one side? That would be pretty stupid, and useless. After all, a balance scale has two sides – two equal-length arms with equally weighted pans suspended from each – so you can compare a mass of unknown weight to one whose weight is known, thereby determining the weight of the former.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has issued a stay, allowing Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to wait to fill a vacant state Senate seat until after the court hears arguments in the matter.On Jan. 15, the Justices issued the stay after West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office had filed an emergency order earlier in the day for clarification. That followed another filing from Tomblin saying he planned to fill the state Senate seat left vacant by Daniel Hall at 4 p.m. Saturday unless the
CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin mentioned legal reform in his final State of the State address. “We’ve reformed medical malpractice and improved our legal climate,” Tomblin, a Democrat, said as he listed some of his administration’s accomplishments.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed over the process of filling a vacancy in the state’s Ninth Senatorial District has been granted, and the state Supreme Court hearing is set for Jan. 19. “We filed a motion to allow the State of West Virginia to intervene in the Ninth Senatorial District ballot vacancy case so that the opinion of the Attorney General may be properly considered by the West Virginia Supreme Court,” Morrisey said i
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a motion Jan. 12 to intervene in a lawsuit filed over the process of filling a vacancy in the state’s Ninth Senatorial District. “Today, we filed a motion to allow the State of West Virginia to intervene in the Ninth Senatorial District ballot vacancy case so that the opinion of the Attorney General may be properly considered by the West Virginia Supreme Court,” Morrisey said in a statement. “In our formal legal opinion, we con
CHARLESTON – Hendrickson & Long PLLC attorney Jeffry Hall recently was selected as 2016 "Lawyer of the Year" for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants in the Charleston area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says he would appoint a Democrat to fill the seat of a Republican state Senator who resigned, but he wants the state Supreme Court to determine which party will get the seat. Tomblin’s legal team filed a response Jan. 11 to a writ of prohibition filed Jan. 8 by the West Virginia Democratic Party.
MOUNDSVILLE – Mason Energy LLC has filed a class action lawsuit against Chevron Appalachia LLC after it claims the company falsified production records. On Oct. 27, 2009, Beryl E.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Democratic Party filed a writ of prohibition with the state Supreme Court against Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointing a replacement for a recently retired state senator. Republican state Senator Daniel Hall resigned Jan. 4 to take a job as a state liaison for the National Rifle Association.
CHARLESTON – A preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium was denied, citing lack of evidence. Angela Summers and Fred Dailey, who were represented by Thomas More Law Center; John Sauer of the James Otis Law Group; and Jeff Kimble and E.
SUMMERSVILLE – A three-judge panel has dismissed a removal petition against the Nicholas County Commission, its president and two commissioners. The judges granted an order granting the respondents’ motion for summary judgment, according to the Jan. 4 order. The three-judge panel included Judges Phillip D. Gaujot, John W. Hatcher Jr. and Timothy L. Sweeney.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is partnering with the Social Security Administration to create an anti-fraud unit. Morrisey, Social Security and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced Dec. 22 the formation of the Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Unit.
A $150,000 grant from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) was recently offered to the West Virginia University Land Use and Sustainable Development (LUSD) Law Clinic to support an ongoing partnership.
JULIAN – Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Workman recently announced the appointment of Twenty-Ninth Judicial Circuit (Putnam County) Judge Phillip M.
In a rare and complicated acquisition, the nonprofit land conservation fund Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) purchased a group of bankrupt coalmines from Patriot Coal Corporation.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office, in cooperation with the U.S. Justice Department and other state attorneys general, has reached an agreement that allows Springleaf Holdings to proceed with its acquisition of OneMain Financial Holdings from CitiFinancial Credit Company. The settlement, announced Nov. 13, requires Springleaf to divest 127 branches from the merged company, including six in West Virginia where Springleaf and OneMain operate within the same are
