West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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McGraw takes action against Texas debt settlement company
McGraw CHARLESTON -– West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is suing a Texas debt settlement company to recover injunctive relief and restitution for consumers who he believes were misguided into paying exorbitant fees for help that never came. -
McGraw investigates Ill. attorney over debt relief practices
McGraw CHARLESTON -– Under an order signed in Kanawha Circuit Court, an Illinois attorney and his debt relief company have been temporarily prohibited from settling consumers' debts. -
BlueHippo appealing decision in McGraw's favor
CHARLESTON -- A troubled computer financing company is appealing a federal judge's decision to dismiss its lawsuit against West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw. -
McGraw files suit against 12 Internet payday lenders
McGraw CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has announced his office has filed lawsuits against multiple companies that give cash advances to customers over the Internet and five companies that collect on those advances. -
Panel debates state's 'Hellhole' status
Williams CHARLESTON -– It wasn't hard to see the ideological division between the plaintiff and defense bars during a panel discussion over whether West Virginia deserves to be called a "judicial hellhole." -
Johnson & Johnson pays $4.475M for drug statements
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – Thanks to a case filed by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2004, Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.475 million for making false statements to West Virginia physicians. -
McGraw's tobacco plan won't work, lawyer argues
McGraw CHARLESTON – America doesn't have enough retired federal judges to arbitrate tobacco tax disputes the way West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw proposes to do it. -
Federal judge lets McGraw ruling stand
McGraw CHARLESTON -- A federal judge has denied a request by Capital One to alter his ruling in a dispute over West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's investigation into it. -
WV CALA praises idea of Berger on federal bench
CHARLESTON -– The recommendation of West Virginia's two U.S. Senators of Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger to the federal judgeship held by retiring U.S. District Judge David Faber is being applauded by a statewide legal reform group. -
WV CALA praises idea of Berger on federal bench
Berger CHARLESTON -– The recommendation of West Virginia's two U.S. Senators of Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger to the federal judgeship held by retiring U.S. District Judge David Faber is being applauded by a statewide legal reform group. -
McGraw's office reaches deal with Arizona telemarketer
McGraw CHARLESTON – Nearly 100 West Virginia citizens will receive or be refunded more than $10,000 from an Arizona telemarketer after West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw reached a settlement with the company. -
Consumers calling McGraw's hotline about mail with money
McGraw CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is cautioning the state's citizens to be careful about revealing personal information after receiving a number of phone calls from concerned citizens. -
McGraw urges changes in Bankruptcy Code
McGraw WASHINGTON-A coalition of 22 state attorneys general, including West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw, are asking Congress to loosen U.S. bankruptcy rules so judges can modify home loans to help reduce the tide of home foreclosures. -
Wheeling attorney joins Pa. firm as W.Va. partner
Hill PHILADELPHIA -- Prominent Wheeling attorney Barry Hill has joined Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley as its resident partner in West Virginia. -
McGraw's office to get $204,000 from toy settlement
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office will receive $204,000 by Jan. 30 from a settlement reached with toy manufacturers Mattel and Fisher Price. -
W.Va. again the biggest judicial hellhole, tort reform group says
Joyce WASHINGTON - For the second time in three years, West Virginia has been singled out as the nation's most unfair legal environment by the American Tort Reform Foundation. -
Craigslist agrees to measures regarding sex ads
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Advertising for erotic services on the Web site craigslist will require posters to provide a phone number and credit card, thanks to an agreement reached by the company and 43 state attorneys general, including West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw. -
McGraw, Obama in trouble in W.Va., poll shows
McGraw CHARLESTON - Four-term West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw likely will fail in his efforts to be re-elected, a North Carolina-based polling firm says. -
Judge tells AGs to get serious on settling Eli Lilly claims
McGraw NEW YORK -- A federal judge is curious why the 11 state attorneys general and the private attorneys they hired haven't already settled claims against pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. and are waiting for much more money than the 33 attorneys general that did. -
State Law Library presents ID theft workshop
CHARLESTON -- A free workshop on "Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft" will be presented on at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, by Assistant Attorney General Chris Hedges of the West Virginia Attorney General's Office.