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'Dreadful experience' avoided: All cases in consolidated asbestos trial settled
One defense attorney says the entire process now seems "reckless" and "not necessary."
With consolidated trial looming, asbestos judge continues individual case for a year
WHEELING – The circuit judge who says an upcoming consolidated asbestos trial will be “a dreadful experience” because of the Coronavirus pandemic has postponed another asbestos case until August 2021.
Judge warns of 'dreadful experience' in upcoming asbestos trial, urges parties to settle
CHARLESTON – A circuit judge is telling those involved with an upcoming consolidated asbestos trial that it will be “a dreadful experience” and is urging parties to settle.
End the CFPB’s frivolous Navient lawsuit
This is a clarion call for accountability and bipartisanship in the pursuit of genuine consumer protection. The CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger should apply her new accountability to take control of a misguided and failing case foisted upon her by Rob Cordray and end it.
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Montana ruling regarding pipeline construction
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is expressing gratification after the U.S. Supreme Court again agreed with a West Virginia- and Texas-led 18-state coalition to block a Montana district court’s decision that he says brought construction of many pipelines nationally to a grinding halt.
Davis returns to private practice, discusses 'chaos' of final months on Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – After almost two years after stepping away from the state Supreme Court, former Justice Robin Jean Davis is “back in the game.”
Since when do lawyers engage in free speech?
The Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications Act is a good law, long overdue – and, needless to say, opposed by the abusers it targets, who, suddenly and preposterously, have decided to present themselves as defenders of free speech.
Morrisey, other AGs go after generic drugmakers for price hikes on topical prescriptions
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined 50 other AGs in a federal lawsuit filed against more than two dozen generic drug manufacturers alleging the companies and 10 senior executives conspired to unlawfully increase prices on some 80 topical prescriptions.
West Virginia, Georgia AGs lead push to uphold Trump water rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr are leading a 23-state effort to protect property owners, farmers and energy producers against an attempt to reinstitute an Obama administration water rule.
Capito pushing EPA to set maximum contaminant level for PFAS in water
WASHINGTON – Congress again is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to set a maximum contaminant level for PFAS.
Morrisey joins other state AGs in push to hold China accountable for Coronavirus outbreak
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a multistate group of Republican state attorneys general in requesting the federal government work with states to hold the Chinese government accountable for the Coronavirus outbreak.
Citing Coronavirus concerns, federal judge pushes back opioid trial to October
CHARLESTON – Citing the Coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge has granted a “modest extension” pushing back the start of the trial in cases filed by the City of Huntington and Cabell County against three major opioid distribution companies.
Law firms criticized for advertising services during Coronavirus pandemic
CHARLESTON – Businesses of all types are learning to adjust and adapt amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. That includes attorneys and law firms. But some people – including fellow lawyers – have called out some trial attorneys for advertising their services during the pandemic.
Federal judge sets August start date for Cabell County, Huntington opioid trial
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has set an Aug. 31 start date for the trial filed by Cabell County and the City of Huntington against the three major opioid distribution companies.At the end of a March 5 status hearing, U.S.
Opioid distributors agree to let federal judge rule on two W.Va. cases rather than jury
CHARLESTON – The defendant drug distribution companies have agreed to allow a judge decide the federal opioid cases filed against them by the Cabell County and the City of Huntington.
W.Va. lawmakers introduce bills that would monitor, regulate use of PFAS in state
CHARLESTON – Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require companies that recently have used PFAS to monitor the discharge of those chemicals into water sources.
Opioid distributors ask for 18 months to prepare for trial with Huntington and Cabell County
CHARLESTON – The legal teams representing Huntington and Cabell County have a vastly different idea of how quickly they want their cases against the nation’s three largest opioid distribution companies to proceed.
Cabell, Huntington opioid cases one step closer to being sent back to West Virginia
CLEVELAND – The cases filed by Cabell County and the City of Huntington against opioid distributors are one step closer to be being heard in a West Virginia federal court.
Delegates angered by West Virginia 'hillybilly' stereotypes in 'Dark Waters' movie
CHARLESTON – Some members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are upset by some stereotypical depictions of the Mountain State in a new film triggered by the leaking of alleged cancer-causing chemicals in Wood County. Those stereotypes include one image of a young girl on a bicycle with “blackened, rotting teeth.”
Huntington, Cabell federal opioid cases soon could be back in W.Va. federal courts
CLEVELAND – The Ohio federal judge overseeing opioid cases soon could release the cases Cabell County and the City of Huntington have filed against opioid distributors to be heard in West Virginia instead.