West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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McGraw's office wants cybercrime authority
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Attorney General's Office is asking the state Legislature to give it the authority to bring legal action against those committing crimes in cyberspace. -
Vacation postpones dispute over W.Va. AG's settlement
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. - A family vacation has apparently pushed oral arguments in state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's dispute with the federal Medicaid agency back two months. -
State unsure of legal steps against national dental chain
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia officials say they haven't decided what legal steps they'll take against a national dental chain that closed its offices last week. -
Drug stores say McGraw case is a class action
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. -- A group of pharmacies is telling a federal appeals court that West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is acting like a class action lawyer. -
AG, trial lawyer briefs opposed Court ruling
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and the state's trial lawyers are more than likely not happy about a ruling handed down by the state Supreme Court of Appeals last week in the case of White v. Wyeth. -
Sides weigh in on ATRA criticism of McGraw
McGraw CHARLESTON -– A recent report criticized West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's practice of deputizing campaign contributors as special assistant AGs. -
AG's office settles with DirecTV
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced on Wednesday that West Virginia and 48 other states and the District of Columbia have reached a $13.25 million settlement with satellite television provider DirecTV. -
McGraw, other AGs settle with Dannon over products
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and 38 other state attorneys general filed settlements on Wednesday with The Dannon Company Inc. over its Activia yogurts and DanActive dairy drinks. -
Group calls Johnson & Johnson decision 'a victory'
McGraw WASHINGTON -- A Washington, D.C.-area public interest law and policy center called last month's decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in favor of Janssen Pharmaceutica and its parent company Johnson & Johnson a "victory." -
McGraw settles with funeral home over advance payments
McGraw CHARLESTON -– West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has announced a settlement with a funeral home whose former director allegedly misappropriated more than $180,000. -
Wellsburg woman named McGraw's Consumer Representative for Northern Panhandle
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has announced the appointment of businesswoman Amy Nickerson of Wellsburg as a new Consumer Protection Representative for the state's Northern Panhandle. -
Justices side with Johnson & Johnson on appeal
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday found that a lower court erred in finding that communications from Janssen Pharmaceutica and its parent company Johnson & Johnson to state health care providers were false and misleading. -
McGraw reaches $7.9M settlement with N.J. lawyer, debt agencies
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw on Tuesday announced a settlement with a New Jersey lawyer and several out-of-state debt collection agencies that the lawyer represents. -
McGraw settles with three collection agencies for more than $1 million
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw on Tuesday announced settlement agreements with three unlicensed collection agencies that will result in more than $1 millon in cancelled debts for 161 state consumers. -
McGraw settles with debt company
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced on Thursday the recovery of $169,400 in a settlement with debt management company Amerix. -
Final Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday nearing an end
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia taxpayers have until the end of the month to take advantage of the state's third and final Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday. -
McGraw files suit over Monsanto soybean probe
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has filed a lawsuit against the Monsanto Company for refusing to cooperate with his office's investigation of the sale of soybeans. -
McGraw sues Arizona-based debt company
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has asked a Kanawha Circuit Court to stop an Arizona-based debt relief company from doing business in the state. -
Drug stores want McGraw lawsuit stayed
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Six prescription drug retailers want West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's lawsuit against them stayed, just as a similar lawsuit that was once called "absolutely reprehensible" by a federal judge has been. -
McGraw joins foreclosure probe
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced on Wednesday he has joined a multi-state investigation into mortgage foreclosures.