McGraw DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - AT&T has given up on its effort to acquire T-Mobile in a merger that was criticized by a group of state attorneys general but supported by 11 others.
LaCagnin MORGANTOWN - Lawyers for West Virginia University called the Big East Conference's legal argument in a motion to dismiss filed last week "self-defeating" and said the conference's move was a "poorly veiled attempt" at changing venues.
MORGANTOWN - Lawyers for the Big East Conference are asking a Monongalia Circuit Court to dismiss West Virginia University's lawsuit against the conference, which was filed in hopes of being able to move to its new home, the Big 12, more quickly.
Nutzman CHARLESTON -- Dinsmore is pleased to announce that Jason Nutzman has re-joined the firm as an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and Mine Safety & Health Practice Group.
Deitzler VIENNA -- A panel of scientists has found there is a "probable link" between exposure to a processing aid chemical that DuPont uses and pregnancy-induced hypertension.
Hank Barnette and his wife, Joanne, speak during an event at West Virginia University. (Courtesy photo) MORGANTOWN -- In 1956, Hank Barnette left Morgantown and went to New York City before boarding the Queen Mary for England.
Crislip CHICAGO -- DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar - recently installed Stephen R. Crislip of Jackson Kelly as a Regional Director during its Annual Meeting recently held in Washington, D.C.
Lewis CHARLESTON -- Steptoe & Johnson attorney Richard Lewis was part of a three person panel discussing interstate fracking regulation during the fall conference of the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.
CHARLESTON -– Jackson Kelly is pleased to welcome seven new associates to the firm: Katherine A. Calogero, Sarah E. Cameron, Jonathan P. Floyd, Kevin T. Gillen, Mark A. Imbrogno, Karina R. Kendrick and Jonathan T. Osborne.
Bresch CLARKSBURG – Former leaders of West Virginia University's business school seek to revive a suit claiming damage to their reputations from an investigation into a degree the school awarded to Heather Bresch, daughter of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.
WASHINGTON -- "Reducing physician liability for negligent care by capping court awards, all else equal, will reduce the resources allocated to medical professional liability underwriting and oversight and make many patients worse off. Legislators who see mandatory liability caps as a cost-containment tool should look elsewhere."
Capito WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, co-founder of the Congressional Coal Caucus, says the federal Environmental Protection Agency's "extreme agenda" and regulations are destroying jobs.
Thacker WASHINGTON -- A University of Richmond law school professor says it's not surprising that West Virginia attorney Stephanie Thacker's nomination to a federal appeals court was held over Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS -- The Marketing Department of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP received the 2011 Award of Excellence in Media Relations from The International Association of Business Communicators Southern Region Oct. 13 during the organization's annual conference in New Orleans.
Williams HUNTINGTON -– Marc. E. Williams has been named as 2012 Charleston, W.Va., Lawyer of the Year in Litigation - Banking & Finance by legal peer-review publishers Best Lawyers.