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Morrisey announces $17M settlement in Lipitor antitrust lawsuit
CHARLESTON — A Mason Circuit Judge has approved a $17 million settlement between the state and drug companies Pfizer and Ranbaxy in an antitrust case about a generic version of cholesterol medication Lipitor.
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Morrisey, other AGs send warnings to robocall companies
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office is part of a coalition warning four voice service providers that have been transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic on their networks on behalf of one or more customers.
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Morrisey joins other AGs demanding end to political prosecutions of Trump
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a 23-state coalition in demanding Special Counsel Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis immediately end their political prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Morrisey co-leads coalition seeking to protect students’ free speech rights
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office is co-leading a multistate amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court aimed at protecting students’ First Amendment free speech rights.
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Morrisey part of 22-state coalition urging SCOTUS to uphold Tenn. transgender law
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has joined a 22-state coalition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Tennessee law that prohibits certain medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria, including puberty blockers and hormones.
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Morrisey co-leads coalition fighting Biden’s parole-in-place policy
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief supporting Texas’ bid for a preliminary injunction of the Biden administration’s so-called Parole-in-Place Policy for undocumented immigrants.
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Morrisey part of coalition asking Congress to protect AM radio access
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a multistate coalition urging Congress to pass the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024.
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State will receive more than $3.8 million in unclaimed MoneyGram transfer case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with a bipartisan coalition of 30 states, has reached a settlement in a case against the state of Delaware in connection to litigation regarding unclaimed property involving MoneyGram transfers.
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Morrisey, other AGs ask administration to avoid politicizing AI regulation
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with attorneys general from 14 other states, submitted a comment letter to the Department of the Treasury, emphasizing the need for fair and unbiased regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector.
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Morrisey wants U.S. Supreme Court to rule on state refusal to pay for sex reassignment surgeries
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision regarding the state’s decision not to cover sex-reassignment surgeries under its Medicaid plan.
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Morrisey again urges Harris to invoke 25th Amendment
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has renewed his call for Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke her powers under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment and declare that President Joe Biden is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
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Morrisey hails U.S. Supreme Court rulings as more victoriies
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is applauding a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that plaintiffs can bring a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act within six years of when they are first injured by final agency action even if the agency first took the action more than six years ago.
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Morrisey files petition over transgender sports ruling with U.S. Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 4th Circuit Court’s ruling regarding the state’s Save Women Sports Act.
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AG’s office wins suit against gravestone seller that deceived customers
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has won a lawsuit against a Clendenin monument/memorial seller who was found to have taken money from consumers and not delivered what they paid for.
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Federal judge halts Biden’s LNG export ban
A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked a Biden administration move to pause the approval of applications to export liquefied natural gas.
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Morrisey praises SCOTUS ruling on Trump immunity
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump is immune from some of the federal charges brought against him for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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Williams named state’s new solicitor general
CHARLESTON — Michael Williams has been named West Virginia’s new solicitor general.
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Morrisey helps lead coalition asking judge to deny Trump gag order in classified documents case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in urging a federal court to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case.
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42 states reach $700M settlement with J&J regarding talc products
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is part of a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general that reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc.
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State solicitor general a step closer to federal energy appointment
WASHINGTON – A top official in the West Virginia Attorney General’s office soon could become a commissioner of a federal energy agency.