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BAILEY & GLASSER LLP: National Trial Lawyers and President Lisa Blue Join in Brief of 93 Law Firms, 167 Lawyers Opposing Proposed Settlement of Future Roundup Claims
National Trial Lawyers President Lisa Blue, individually and on behalf of the organization’s approximately 14,000 members, joined in the amici curiae brief filed by ninety-three law firms and 167 lawyers nationwide opposing a proposed class action settlement of all future claims against Monsanto by injured people charging that Roundup caused their cancer – including claims by people who have no injury or cancer now and may not have any for decades. -
Senate OKs House changes to COVID immunity bill, sends it to governor
CHARLESTON – The state Senate has approved changes made to the COVID-19 immunity legislation, and the bill now awaits Gov. Jim Justice’s signature. -
AG's office urges consumers to safeguard sensitive tax information
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is reminding consumers to protect their personal, identifiable information from potential identity thieves as they file taxes ahead of the April 15 deadline. -
Drug companies say Cabell, Huntington should be limited by statute of limitations
BLUEFIELD – A one-year statute of limitations should limit the damages Cabell County and the City of Huntington can seek from three large drug distributors, according to attorneys for the companies. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announces his resignation
U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, of the Northern District of West Virginia, has announced his resignation effective midnight on February 28, 2021. -
Our renewed fight against opioid abuse
CHARLESTON – As we enter a new year full of opportunity, I also embark upon my third term as your attorney general and do so with renewed commitment to fight against opioid abuse with more intensity than ever. -
West Virginia again lands on Watch List of annual Judicial Hellholes report
WASHINGTON – West Virginia again finds itself on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual Judicial Hellholes Watch List. -
Morrisey says his experience, track record is needed in post-COVID world
CHARLESTON – Patrick Morrisey says West Virginia needs an experienced Attorney General with a record of accomplishment to help the state get back on track following the Coronavirus pandemic. -
Opioid abuse is still a public health crisis
The actions of our office have led to significant reductions in the supply of deadly, addictive drugs like oxycodone and hydrocodone. -
More enforcement and control are key to containing opioid crisis
By working more closely with the states, the DEA and its Office of Diversion Control can make its enforcement and diversion control efforts more effective. Like someone once said, we’re “stronger together.” -
Morrisey leads push in asking DEA to better track opioid prescriptions
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a multistate coalition in urging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to better track illicit use of prescription opioids as the agency sets its drug quotas for next year. -
National opinion piece criticizes Morrisey for public nuisance claims against drug stores
CHARLESTON – A National Review opinion piece is critical of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey for his office’s using public nuisance laws against pharmacies in opioid litigation. Morrisey’s office, however, says the writer’s criticism misses the point of their claims against the drug stores. -
Morrisey: Federal incompetence cost West Virginian lives
We believe drug manufacturers should have to justify requests for increases by showing that increased demand is not attributable to diversion or abuse. We urge the DEA to develop a concrete, data-driven methodology to account for diversion. -
Kanawha County woman says doctor, pharmacies got her hooked on Fentanyl
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman claims a doctor and two pharmacies got her hooked on highly addictive pain medicine. -
Morrisey announces new opioid lawsuits, releases findings from DEA investigation
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is filing two new opioid lawsuits against major pharmacy corporations and is releasing findings of a years-long investigation into the failure of the Drug Enforcement Administration. -
AGs office partners with Boone County native to fight opioid abuse
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is collaborating with a Boone County native and public health expert to fight opioid abuse. -
DEA again cuts opioid production as companies facing addiction lawsuits put blame on feds
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Drug Enforcement Administration has slashed oxycodone production quotas by almost 60% from the peak in 2013, including a 9% cut for this year, demonstrating the government’s firm control over narcotics distribution even as plaintiffs in opioid litigation blame pharmacies and drug distributors for causing addiction and overdose deaths by selling too many pills. -
Morrisey kicks off annual Kids Kick Opioids contest
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced the launch of this year's Kids Kick Opioids contest. -
Supreme Court sides with WVDEA in former employee's suit over allegations of failure to accommodate
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts rightfully found that a former employee did not require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of her job. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. Attorney encourages safe drug disposal
U.S. Attorney Bill Powell is encouraging residents across the Northern District of West Virginia to safely dispose of unused and unwanted medications and vaping products at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Take Back Day this weekend.