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CN Papers' missed pension payments, distress plan not related
CHARLESTON – A federal agency says missed contributions to Charleston Newspapers’ retirement plan and the company’s application for a distress termination of the plan are not related. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation spokesman Marc Hopkins said Friday that PBGC attached a lien on behalf of the plan earlier this month. -
Federal agency files $1.34M lien over Charleston Newspapers' pension plan
CHARLESTON – A federal agency has filed $1.34 million in liens against Charleston Newspapers and other entities regarding the company’s pension plans. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation filed the liens June 29 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Charleston Newspapers Holding LP, Charleston Newspapers, Daily Gazette Publishing Co., Daily Gazette Holding Co., Ridgeview Express Delivery, Abry/Charleston Inc. and G-M Properties. -
Paper merger comes as antitrust settlement expires
CHARLESTON – Exactly five years after a federal antitrust settlement was reached regarding Charleston’s two daily newspapers, those publications became one. No longer the Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail, the papers announced Monday the newsrooms have merged. -
At least 15 more lawsuits filed against Raleigh General for unnecessary cardiac procedures
BECKLEY - At least 15 more lawsuits have been filed against Raleigh General Hospital for allegations if a surgeon at the hospital performing unnecessary cardiac procedures on patients. The lawsuits involve the hospital, Dr. Donald Kenneth Glaser, Lifepoint Health Inc., Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. and Lifepoint WV Holdings Inc. as defendants in the suits. June Underwood; Mark Tincher; Roy Lane Neal; Daniel Mark Carr; Edith Marie Cook; Dessil Irene Farrish; David Shane Adkins; Sherry Lee Jones; Ram -
Circuit judge announces retirement
KEYSER - A circuit judge representing Grant, Mineral and Tucker Counties announced on July 13 that he was retiring after 17 years of service. Circuit Judge Phil Jordan notified Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that he plans to retire on Dec. 31. "I hope to continue to serve the judicial system as a senior status judge, a mediator, and, perhaps, as an arbitrator," Jordan said in his letter to Tomblin. Jordan is a trained mediator. Jordan said he and his wife of 31 years, Wilma, also plan to travel. Tom -
Judge: Car dealer can refuse contraceptive coverage
By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled that Joe Holland Chevrolet will not have to provide insurance coverage for some contraceptives to its employees. District Judge Thomas E. -
Judge: Car dealer can refuse contraceptive coverage
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled that Joe Holland Chevrolet will not have to provide insurance coverage for some contraceptives to its employees. -
DOJ sues Manor Care, alleges it provided medically unnecessary services
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The federal government is suing skilled nursing chain HCR Manor Care, alleging that the health care provider “knowingly and routinely” submitted false claims for services that were not medically reasonable and necessary. -
Law firms looking at Raleigh General cardiac issues
CHARLESTON – At least two Charleston law offices are investigating claims by former Raleigh General Hospital patients regarding unnecessary cardiac procedures performed by a surgeon at the hospital. -
EPA files motion to dismiss in Clean Water Act lawsuit
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it for allegedly improperly applying the Clean Water Act to land a farmer wanted to develop. -
Correctional officer says other officer paid inmate to attack her
CLARKSBURG – A correctional officer is suing the U.S. Department of Justice-Federal Bureau of Prisons after she claims she was attacked by an inmate who was allegedly paid off by another correctional officer. -
AG wants fund to stop Social Security abuse
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday asked the West Virginia Legislature to create a special account for the federal government to reimburse the state for investigating Social Security disability benefits abuse, fraud and waste. -
Motion accuses pelvic mesh lawyers of aggressive recruiting
CHARLESTON – A motion alleging plaintiffs' attorneys have been fraudulent in their aggressive recruitment of clients for pelvic mesh litigation has been filed in a MDL lawsuit against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson. -
Goodwin collects nearly $8M for fiscal year
CHARLESTON – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin on Monday said his office has collected $7,847,442.99 in fiscal year 2014. -
Supreme Court gets grant for Putnam mental health, veterans treatment court
WINFIELD – The state Supreme Court has received a $50,000 federal planning grant that will allow the Putnam County Veterans Treatment Court to expand into a Mental Health and Veterans Treatment Court. -
DOJ, EPA settle with DuPont
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced a settlement with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to resolve allegations of pollution law violations at its Kanawha County facility. -
Georgetown law professor is first speaker in MU Amicus Curiae lecture series
HUNTINGTON – Dr. Laura K. Donohue, a professor of law and director of the Center on National Security and the Law at Georgetown University Law Center, will be the featured speaker Thursday, Sept. 11, in the first installment of the fall 2014 Amicus Curiae Lecture Series at Marshall University. -
Morrisey leads push to stop EPA power plant regulations
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said his office is leading a bipartisan group of nine states in an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to declare illegal the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to force states to impose onerous regulations on existing coal-fired power plants, requiring a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emission -
W.Va. part of $550M SunTrust mortgage settlement
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $550 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses. -
Developer claims EPA is overreaching on Clean Water Act
CHARLESTON -- A developer is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming its regulators are improperly applying the Clean Water Act to land he wants to develop.