MORGANTOWN -- The political punditry is working overtime trying to define the Tea Party movement. Much of the analysis reflects the perspective of the pundit as opposed to the true nature of the campaign.
Magnuson ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has certified a class of as many as 160,000 Wells Fargo employees in a lawsuit against the company over its handling of their retirement accounts.
Charleston-–Jackson Kelly PLLC attorneys Ellen S. Cappellanti and William J. Powell will be honored as West Virginia State Bar Foundation Fellows during the 12th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on April 29.
Caperton WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Though Hugh Caperton ultimately lost his $50 million case against Massey Energy, the case is beginning to have an effect on how several states view judicial recusal standards, a new publication by the Federalist Society says.
Williams HUNTINGTON -- The West Virginia attorneys of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough have moved into a new location to allow for the eventual expansion of the law firm's services in the Tri-State area covering West Virginia and parts of Kentucky and Ohio.
CHARLESTON —- A Marietta, Ohio, man and his wife are suing 66 companies after he claims he developed emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis because of exposure to heavy metals and chemicals.
Wilcox PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Commission is named as co-defendant in a slip-and-fall lawsuit by a Washington man who alleges he was injured after falling on an icy walkway at an alcohol recovery facility the Commission operates.
Maynard WILLIAMSON -– West Virginians for Life Political Action Committee, the political arm of West Virginians for Life, this week endorsed Spike Maynard in his bid for West Virginia's Third Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
McGraw CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court will hear Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a nearly $4.5 million civil penalty imposed on it in a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
McGraw WASHINGTON -- A group of at least 13 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform legislation signed earlier in the day by President Barack Obama.
A blizzard of Obama administration regulations has iced opportunities for economic growth, burying prospects for new jobs under an avalanche of mandates.
CLARKSBURG -– Judy K. McCauley, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's West Virginia District Office has announced the 2010 West Virginia Small Business award recipients.
NATCHEZ, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - A federal jury decided Monday that two Mississippi lawyers committed fraud against a railroad company they sued in a pair of asbestos lawsuits.
MORGANTOWN -- Environmentalists are planning to sue CONSOL Energy in hopes to stop the ongoing water pollution violations that have been blamed for a massive fish kill in Monongalia County.
CHARLESTON -- A Charleston woman is suing Family Dollar Stores of West Virginia Inc. and Family Dollar Operations Inc. after she was injured at the company's Charleston location.