WHEELING – A group of Murray Energy coal companies has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times claiming the newspaper published defamatory statements that damaged the businesses’ reputation.
MORGANTOWN – The environmental left is apoplectic over President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
CHARLESTON – Since election night when the impossible first started appearing possible, I've seen countless questions of "How did this happen" (often in all caps on social media).
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia University College of Law ha scheduled a “Voices Behind Bars” event that will feature a dramatic reading of a book that explores the “moral implications” of the justice system.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says state consumers soon will receive their portion of a $400 million e-book settlement between Apple Inc. and 33 states and territories.
WASHINGTON – In recent months mainstream media outlets have offered only limited coverage of Orwellian efforts by progressive government officials to outlaw earnest questions about computer predicted climate catastrophes or costly policy proposals aimed at mitigating climate change.
MORGANTOWN – Presidential campaign stops and stump speeches become a blur after awhile, but occasionally there is a moment of intense clarity, a comment or circumstance where sharp focus is brought to bear on what the election is really about.
CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has sign a bill into law that will codify current Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s outside counsel policy. House Bill 4007 already had passed once this session, but Tomblin vetoed it because he thought it was too broad and gave the AG too much power. The bill was reworked and passed again. On March 9, Tomblin signed it.
CHARLESTON – State and national groups are praising the West Virginia Legislature’s passage of a bill that would codify current Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s outside counsel policy. House Bill 4007 already was passed once this session, but Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed it because he thought it was too broad and gave the AG too much power.
CHARLESTON – An attorney who once filed a water contamination lawsuit against Massey Energy now has sued former Massey CEO Don Blankenship for abuse of process and malicioius prosecution. Kevin Wayne Thompson filed his federal lawsuit Jan. 11 in U.S. District Court in Charleston against Blankenship, attorney Daniel L. Stickler and the Jackson Kelly law firm.
CHARLESTON – An attorney says a lawsuit regarding the recent consolidation of Charleston’s two daily newspapers simply is about money. Last month, Charleston Publishing Company filed a complaint against Daily Gazette Company and Daily Gazette Holding Company LLC in Delaware Chancery Court. Charleston Publishing Company is a subsidiary of MediaNews Group Inc. doing business as Digital First Media. MediaNews Group was the owner of the Charleston Daily Mail, which merged in July with the Cha
CHARLESTON – Let’s talk about who and what are damaging West Virginia’s national reputation and ability to market our state as a good place for business — and why.
CHARLESTON – Two state groups have diverse viewpoints about the West Virginia Supreme Court being listed third on the annual Judicial Hellholes report.
CHARLESTON – When the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 78th Annual Meeting & Business Summit opens next Wednesday, Aug. 27 at The Greenbrier, it will do so with a record attendance of nearly 800 registrants.
CHARLESTON -- Just when you believe that it would be impossible for Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse and Greg Thomas to sink to new lows, they manage to do it.
MARTINSBURG – A settlement has been entered in a lawsuit over the death of David K. Ventiquattro, who made headlines in the 1980s when he shot his neighbor and blamed the game Dungeons and Dragons.
Ketchum HUNTINGOTN – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will return to Marshall University's Huntington campus to conduct a session that includes four cases.
