McGraw CHARLESTON – An annual legislative hearing to outline Attorney General Darrell McGraw's budget proposal turned into an impromptu questioning of the office's use of outside counsel and handling of money received from settlements and verdicts.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has been singled out in a Competitive Enterprise Institute report ranking the nation's worst AGs.
Jones CHARLESTON –West Virginia's ranking at the top of this year's Judicial Hellholes list drew spirited reaction from both sides of the tort reform issue.
Jones CHARLESTON – A recent ad campaign meant to highlight the difficulties businesses face because of West Virginia's legal climate has created a firestorm of controversy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue asked Congress last week to invalidate provisions of the Thompson Memorandum and similar policies at other federal agencies that prevent executives and employees from freely, candidly, and confidentially consulting with their attorneys.
Jones CHARLSTON -- The West Virginia Record's recent editorial (Aug. 7) on HCA's decision to close Putnam General Hospital is not only irresponsible, but it also callously advances The Record's position that all corporations should be immune when their reckless disregard for consumer safety leads to injury and death.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC), the legal arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ended the Supreme Court term with a record number of victories in cases critical to the business community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday questioned a panel of state health officials about laws governing mass tort screenings and then asked medical screening company officials and their physicians about their level of compliance in generating thousands of disputed silicosis claims.
Harvey D. Peyton Dear Editor: In your latest Our View ("No defense for the indefensible," April 7), you refer to "cheap" efforts on my part to point out "unfairness of juries" and "incompetence of judges" as part of the current debate over West Virginia courts. You assert that no such claims have been made. Shame on you.
CHARLESTON – Advertisements critical of a recent ad campaign saying West Virginia legal climate is the least fair in the nation have begun airing radio stations across the state.
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is running ads to convince you that lawsuits and the legal system are costing each American $886 dollars a year. But the Wall Street Journal reports that figure "includes payments that don't involve the legal system at all."
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association has taken the offensive, calling on radio stations to stop airing ads touting a recent study that ranked the state last in legal fairness.
Lisa Rickard West Virginia was honored with the dubious distinction of placing dead last in the annual Harris State Liability Systems Ranking Study released Monday.