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Search for WVU law dean narrows to six candidates
MORGANTOWN -- After a nationwide search, West Virginia University has identified six candidates for the dean of the College of Law. Each will visit the campus during February to meet with various constituency groups as the search enters the next phase. -
Speech draws praise, criticism
Maynard CHARLESTON – As with any such speech, Gov. Joe Manchin's State of the State address drew a mixed bag of reaction. -
Supreme Court receives $815,000 grant to improve domestic violence response
Davis CHARLESTON -– The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has received an $815,000 grant to improve the way the court system handles domestic violence protective orders. -
Defense Lawyers: U.S. losing legal war on terror
CHICAGO --The United States is losing the legal war on terror, according to interviews the ABA Journal conducted with 50 defense attorneys who have litigated terror cases since 9/11. -
AGs unite against proposed merger
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the day U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned, the Department of Justice received a little criticism from 12 state attorneys general -- including West Virginia's Darrell McGraw -- in one of his old cases. -
Gazette, Daily Mail want DOJ antitrust suit dismissed
Charleston Newspapers' offices in downtown Charleston. CHARLESTON – The owners of Charleston's two daily newspapers want an antitrust lawsuit filed against them by the Department of Justice dismissed. -
Ink-stained delusions of grandeur
The U.S. government is investigating whether West Virginia willfully diverted federal Medicaid funds. -
Justice Department sues over Charleston newspaper merger
CHARLESTON – The 2004 sales of the Charleston Daily Mail violated antitrust laws, according to a federal lawsuit filed May 22 by the Department of Justice. -
Male victims the subject of domestic violence conference
CHARLESTON – Properly identifying and providing services to male victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will be the focus of a day-long conference next week in Charleston. -
Pacific political intrigue surrounds Supreme Court law clerk
Micronesia's flag CHARLESTON – A law clerk recently hired by state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher has more than a pardon in his past. -
Former nonprofit boss says job was given to Mollohan associate
Mollohan WHEELING - The former president and CEO of a West Virginia nonprofit organization has filed a suit that alleges, among other things, his job was given to "a close associate" of Congressman Alan Mollohan. -
Group lists McGraw among nation's worst AGs
McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has been singled out in a Competitive Enterprise Institute report ranking the nation's worst AGs. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Jackson Kelly announces membership changes at firm
Broughton CHARLESTON -- Al Emch, CEO of Jackson Kelly PLLC, has announced 13 membership changes at the firm. -
U.S. Chamber asks Congress to invalidate policies that erode attorney-client privilege
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. -
CAMC moving to buy Putnam General
CHARLESTON – It seems Putnam General Hospital won't close after all after Charleston Area Medical Center announced plans to buy the embattle facility. -
McGraw, other AGs file computer chip suit
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and 33 other AGs have filed a lawsuit against the world's largest manufacturers of computer chips seeking monetary relief for consumers and state agencies that paid more for computers because of alleged price-fixing. -
Nikolas Tysiak Joins Steptoe & Johnson
Nikolas Tysiak CHARLESTON -- Nikolas Tysiak has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm's Charleston office as an associate.