West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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Morrisey settles claims against sham cancer charities
CHARLESTON – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a permanent injunction to dissolve two nationwide sham cancer charities. -
Morrisey responds to New York press conference
CHARLESTON – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey issued a statement regarding a press conference involving states that support President Barack Obama’s Power Plan. -
AG's office announces April mobile office hours
CHARLESTON – A consumer representative from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office will hold public events during April throughout Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties. -
Morrisey issues opinion to Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has issued an opinion regarding a formal request from the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office. -
Jenkins rips into EPA chief during agency budget hearing
WASHINGTON – Rep. Evan Jenkins told the head of the Environmental Protection Agency she cannot understand the damage her agency’s policies have had on West Virginia until she visits and sees for herself. “Administrator, West Virginians are a proud people,” Jenkins, a Republican, told Gina McCarthy during an EPA budget hearing March 22 with the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. “We want to work. We want to provide a better future for our ch -
AG's office urges caution with health insurance scams
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is advising consumers to beware of imposter scams, in particular one involving robocalls claiming to represent the Health Insurance Marketplace. -
AG's office secures $19.7M for consumers in debt collector settlement
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has announced nearly $20 million in debt cancellation for West Virginia consumers as part of a settlement with a debt collector. -
AG hails CDC painkiller prescribing guidelines
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is asking insurers, medical professionals and healthcare regulators to quickly implement new opioid prescription guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
AG's office expands federal partnership to fight drug dealers
CHARLESTON — A second attorney from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has been sworn in as a special assistant federal prosecutor, expanding the office’s fight against the state’s drug epidemic. Chief Operating Officer and Senior Deputy Attorney General Anthony Martin received his cross designation as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. -
AG's office lists most common consumer complaints for Metro Valley
CHARLESTON — At the end of the annual national Consumer Protection Week, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey released a list of the top eight consumer complaints received by the Consumer Protection Division for Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties in 2015. -
Funeral home owners named in another lawsuit
WINFIELD – The grandson of the founders of a Poca funeral home is suing the current owners, who already were facing legal troubles. J. Michael Gatens III filed his lawsuit Feb. 12 in Putnam Circuit Court claiming Chad Harding owes him $113,000 on a promissory note as well as interest. Harding is the owner of Gatens-Harding Funeral Home and has been accused of falsely reporting 111 deaths to an insurance company, allegedly to collect pre-need funeral services. -
AG's office announces events for Consumer Protection Week
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office will host various events statewide, including several in Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties, aimed at consumer education and fighting fraud as part of National Consumer Protection Week 2016. -
Morrisey, other AGs push to USSC to protect property rights
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a 21-state bipartisan movement urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court’s ruling that protects the rights of property owners nationwide. The coalition’s amicus, or friend of the court, brief says property owners are entitled to immediately challenge the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in court anytime its officials label someone’s property as a protected wetland. -
McKesson wants Morrisey's drug lawsuit in federal court
CHARLESTON — The nation’s largest prescription drug distributor has asked to have a lawsuit filed against it by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey removed to federal court. Morrisey’s office filed the complaint Jan. 8 in Boone Circuit Court against McKesson, the nation's largest prescription drug distributor for allegedly failing to identify, detect, report and help stop the flood of suspicious drug orders into the state. McKesson filed its notice of removal to federal court on Feb. -
Morrisey announces settlement with Cashland over business practices
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $150,000 settlement with Ohio payday lender Cashland to resolve allegations that its business practices violated the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act. The settlement, entered into Feb. 1, requires Cashland to pay $150,000 and ensure its practices comply with state law. -
AG's office announces March mobile office hours
CHARLESTON – A consumer representative from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office will hold public events during March throughout Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties. The representative will educate consumers on the latest scams in their area, provide tips on how to guard their personal information and answer questions about consumer protection settlements. -
AG's office warns of spike in IRS scam calls
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is offering guidance in response to a record spike – nearly 1,000 reports in one day – of an Internal Revenue Service scam circulating statewide. Morrisey strongly urges all consumers to ignore such calls, do not return voicemails and report any victimization to the U.S. Inspector General’s Office on Tax Administration. -
Capito, Manchin urge court to halt EPA Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON – West Virginia's U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin filed an amicus brief supporting the state's effort to stop the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Capito, a Republican, and Manchin, a Democrat, signed the amicus brief spearheaded by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.,) Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whi -
States file opening briefs against EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed enforcement of the agency’s new rule until arguments in the case conclude. Arguments on the plan’s legality are scheduled for June before the federal appeals court. -
AG partnership with U.S. attorney nets first drug conviction
CHARLESTON — The partnership between West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office and U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II has landed its first conviction in northern West Virginia. Francisco Gaspar Sanchez, 56, of Kearneysville was found guilty of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.