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• McGraw files suits against 'pill mill' distributors

  By Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 @ 8:18am

  McGraw CHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office on Tuesday filed lawsuits seeking to crack down on prescription drug distributors who he says are behind a "major scourge" in West Virginia.

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• Putnam Co. pill 'Take Back' set for April 28

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012 @ 6:00am

  WINFIELD -– Putnam County law enforcement officials have announced plans for the first countywide pill take-back program.

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• McGraw talks about mortgage settlement on 'The Law Works'

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Friday, Mar 2, 2012 @ 5:20am

  McGraw CHARLESTON - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw admitted Thursday a $25 billion settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers is not perfect, but said it will help many struggling state homeowners.

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• McGraw, Rahall warn of fraudulent FDA calls

  By Kyla Asbury | Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 @ 7:55am

  McGraw CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and U.S. Representative Nick Rahall have issued a warning to West Virginia consumers to be on the lookout for fraudulent telemarketing calls from criminals impersonating United States Food and Drug Administration special agents and other law enforcement personnel as part of a continued international extortion scam.

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• Privacy Policy & User Terms and Conditions

  By The West Virginia Record | Monday, Aug 23, 2010 @ 10:34am

  Privacy Policy for WVRecord.com, MadisonRecord.com, SETexasRecord.com, LouisianaRecord.com, and Legalnewsline.com

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• Evans seeks dismissal of fraud lawsuit

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Jun 25, 2010 @ 3:30am

  Evans CHARLESTON - Because the allegations lack specifics, a Charleston attorney wants a pending fraud lawsuit against her and her law office dismissed.

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• Judge: No 'catastrophic consequences' from attorney fee ruling

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, May 14, 2010 @ 3:40am

  Evans CHARLESTON - A federal judge dismissed as humbug a Charleston attorney's characterization that children with disabilities would be denied access to the courts if his recent ruling regarding attorneys fees in a 2006 civil case was left to stand.

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• Kanawha school board says attorney committed fraud

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, May 7, 2010 @ 4:32am

  Evans CHARLESTON - The Kanawha County Board of Education is accusing a Charleston attorney of committing fraud in pocketing money that should've been paid to a client.

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• WVU Law faculty to review USSC cases

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 @ 4:00pm

  MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia University College of Law will review cases from last year's U.S. Supreme Court session in a public forum in observance of U.S. Constitution Day on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 4 pm. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the WVU Law Center.

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• Kanawha prosecutor seeks to keep cash at center of lawsuit

  By Lawrence Smith | Monday, Aug 31, 2009 @ 5:00am

  Bradberry CHARLESTON - Though no criminals charges have been filed, authorities have initiated proceedings to keep the nearly $8,000 seized in May from a New Jersey man's hotel room in South Charleston alleging the money was used to facilitate the trafficking of illegal drugs.

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• In memoriam

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jan 15, 2009 @ 4:54am

  Members of the West Virginia Bar who passed away in 2008. They were honored Jan. 13 during a ceremony at the state Supreme Court of Appeals:

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• Justices reject illiterate's educational malpractice suit

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 @ 10:26am

  Maynard CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court has refused the argument of a man who says the public school system didn't adequately prepare him to become a functioning member of society.

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• Man to plead his own case before Supreme Court to become lawyer

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Sep 7, 2007 @ 2:55am

  CHARLESTON - Michael Mounts admits he has a massive ego and a checkered past, but he doesn't see why those should keep him from practicing law in West Virginia.

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• This Just In: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Jul 20, 2007 @ 2:25am

  July 5

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• Parents sue state agencies over disabled son's death

  By Cara Bailey | Thursday, Jul 19, 2007 @ 3:23am

  CHARLESTON - The parents of a severely disabled 22-year-old man are suing several state agencies after their son died from choking on a hot dog at a bowling alley.

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• This Just In: Putnam County

  By The West Virginia Record | Friday, Jun 22, 2007 @ 2:05am

  June 13

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• This just in: Kanawha County

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Jun 2, 2006 @ 2:30am

  May 19

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• Cancer cost man his job, suit alleges

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 @ 6:29am

  CHARLESTON - A Charleston man says he was fired from his job because he has cancer.

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• This just in: Kanawha County

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Mar 3, 2006 @ 1:30am

  Jan. 31

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• Woman struck in head with bottle, sues DEAF

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Mar 3, 2006 @ 1:28am

  CHARLESTON - A Charleston woman is suing Deaf Education and Advocacy Focus of West Virginia, Inc., and the client who hit her in the head with a bottle on July 28.

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