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AG Morrisey angry with Dems over proposed legislation

By John O'Brien | Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 @ 2:54pm

CHARLESTON – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is calling a new bill that is in response to the controversy around one of his hires “childish” and “hyper-partisan.”
Attorneys facing fraud verdict say CSX's expenses are padded

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 @ 6:43am

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PERSONNEL FILE: WVU College of Law receives Super Lawyers award

By Staff reports | Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 @ 4:30am

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Groups rally to protest 2010 Citizens United decision

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 @ 2:41pm

Protestors of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling in front of a statute of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (picture from USAction.org).
Judge: Guilty pleas void civil rights claims

By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Feb 15, 2013 @ 5:45am

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West Virginia joins challenge of law that regulates financial industry

By John O'Brien | Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 @ 4:44am

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CSX wants racketeering, fraud verdict against asbestos attorneys tripled

By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 @ 11:56pm

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Supreme Court OKs lawsuits against MSHA

By Nathan Bass | Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 @ 5:45am

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Congressional redistricting case dismissed from federal court

By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 @ 6:00am

CHARLESTON – U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. King has dismissed the remaining two counts of a 2011 lawsuit brought by the Jefferson County Commission regarding Congressional redistricting.
Charleston attorney testified on Obama's NLRB appointments

By Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 @ 3:01pm

Charleston attorney Mark Carter testifies before a House committee on Feb. 1, 2012.
Asbestos attorneys want new trial; CSX seeks more than $10M in expenses

By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 @ 5:25am

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AG-elect Morrisey names key staffers

By Chris Dickerson | Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 @ 2:27pm

AG-elect Patrick Morrisey speaks at a press conference Jan. 9 at the State Capitol
Benjamin will be court's chief justice in 2013

By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 @ 4:01pm

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Asbestos firm sanctioned before racketeering verdict

By John O'Brien | Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 @ 5:27pm

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Jury rules asbestos attorneys, radiologist conspired on fraudulent asbestos claims

By John O'Brien | Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 @ 9:18pm

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Court-appointed attorney immune from lawsuit, Supreme Court rules

By Nathan Bass | Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 @ 1:51pm

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court issued a unanimous memorandum decision on Dec. 7 dismissing a federal prisoner’s action against his former appellate defense attorney on the grounds of absolute immunity.
When judges say no, they mean no

By The West Virginia Record | Friday, Nov 16, 2012 @ 3:05pm

You’ve got to wonder about some lawyers. Are they suicidal, or just IQ challenged?
McGraw among AGs filing brief in Ark. class action case

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 @ 11:37am

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Eighteen state attorneys general, including West Virginia's Darrell McGraw, are worried that plaintiffs attorneys are skirting the rules of the Class Action Fairness Act to curtail the rights of their states’ citizens.
PERSONNEL FILE: Foster Bird named 'Best of the Year' in Railroad Law

By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Sep 28, 2012 @ 2:33am

Foster Bird HUNTINGTON -– Best Lawyers, a legal peer-review publication, has named Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Melissa Foster Bird as the 2013 Best Lawyer of the Year in Charleston Railroad Law.
UPDATED: SEC won't appeal state Supreme Court ruling

By Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 @ 5:59am

Loughry CHARLESTON – The State Elections Commission on Tuesday voted not to appeal the state Supreme Court's recent ruling on the public financing pilot project for the current Court race.