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Justices side with judge in Jefferson planning commissioner case
CHARLESTON – Three real estate developers owe $15,000 each in punitive damages to Jefferson County planning commissioner Todd Baldau, the Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. -
Yoder offers change for Supreme Court
HARPERS FERRY -- If West Virginians want change this year, John Yoder says he can provide it. -
Jarrett to deliver 20th annual Ihlenfeld Lecture at the WVU College of Law
MORGANTOWN -- As director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, West Virginia University alumnus H. Marshall Jarrett helps coordinate the operations of the 94 U.S. attorneys and nearly 12,000 employees scattered around the country, helping manage a caseload that will reach some 90,000 felony and 80,000 civil cases this year. -
MSHA forces owners to jeopardize miners, Massey argues
WASHINGTON –- Mine Safety and Health Administration regulators force owners to place miners in jeopardy, Massey Energy alleges in federal court. -
MSHA says Massey case doesn't belong in federal court
WASHINGTON – Federal coal mine regulators say Massey Energy should challenge their actions before an independent commission, not in federal court. -
McGraw jumps on LCD lawsuit bandwagon
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has joined a growing number of state attorneys general who are suing the world's largest manufacturers of liquid crystal display, or LCD, panels. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Nelson Mullins' Balliro offers white collar crime experience to blog
Balliro BOSTON - Since the November 2009 creation of the federal Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, more than 1,215 criminal defendants have faced mortgage fraud charges, and more are expected. As a result, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Juliane Balliro has launched an informative blog on mortgage fraud and other white collar crime subjects entitled "Loan Broker Criminal Defense" (www.loanbrokercriminaldefense.com). -
*** Governor awards more than $3 million in Justice Assistance grants
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin recently awarded more than $3 million in Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to 79 agencies across the state. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Jackson Kelly attorneys honored as Bar Foundation Fellows
Charleston-–Jackson Kelly PLLC attorneys Ellen S. Cappellanti and William J. Powell will be honored as West Virginia State Bar Foundation Fellows during the 12th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on April 29. -
Day after settlement, former Daily Mail owner declares bankruptcy
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Former owners of the Charleston Daily Mail who agreed to resume its ownership declared bankruptcy the next day. -
Gazette antitrust suit settled
CHARLESTON – Charleston Gazette owners who bought the Daily Mail in order to shut it down will set it free with a shot at success under a Jan. 20 settlement of antitrust charges that the U.S. Department of Justice brought against the Gazette. -
McGraw hires familiar faces for Bank of America suit
McGraw HUNTINGTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has again hired his brother's nephew to represent the State, this time in an antitrust lawsuit against Bank of America. -
Man says he lost promotion after military stint
MARTINSBURG -- A former MasTec Advanced Technologies employee claims he lost out on a promotion because the United States Army called him to active duty. -
Federal prison employee names U.S. AG in EEO case
GILMER – A Federal Bureau of Prisons employee says US Attorney General Eric Holder needs to pay damages for an EEO decision stating the employee did not suffer harassment while working at a federal prison in Gilmer. -
DOJ, Gazette ask for another stay
CHARLESTON – Department of Justice antitrust lawyers and owners of the Charleston Gazette once again have asked for a little more time to settle civil charges that Gazette owners created an illegal monopoly when they bought the Daily Mail. -
Obama pick confirmed for 4th Circuit
Obama RICHMOND - President Barack Obama's pick for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. -
Charleston newspaper antitrust suit might be nearing end
CHARLESTON –- Department of Justice antitrust lawyers and owners of Charleston's Gazette and Daily Mail newspapers asked for three weeks to settle civil charges that the Gazette created an illegal monopoly when it bought the Daily Mail. -
Dubious Digitek cases being dropped
CHARLESTON – Double doses of Digitek heart medicine didn't kill anybody, but national class action and wrongful death litigation over the drug keeps growing. -
Two circuit judges honored for novel scientific training
Clawges DANIELS -– Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent D. Benjamin has honored Circuit Judges Russell M. Clawges Jr. and James J. Rowe for their election as ASTAR Science and Technology Fellows. -
FOIA problem likely over soon in AG King's CMS case
King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King's dispute with the federal Medicaid agency over a Freedom of Information Act request may soon be resolved.