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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw has been singled out in a Competitive Enterprise Institute report ranking the nation's worst AGs.
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.
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 CHARLESTON -- Nikolas Tysiak has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm's Charleston office as an associate.