Cuccinelli CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A Virginia circuit court judge has granted a stay by the University of Virginia in an ongoing probe of one of its former professor's climate research.
Cuccinelli CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A hearing has been set for next week on a demand by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for documents relating to climate research by a former University of Virginia professor.
BECKLEY, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A West Virginia hospital is appealing a circuit court judge's decision to dismiss its lawsuit against two state agencies for inadequate reimbursement rates.
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry says he was told to remove his campaign materials from the state's annual Jefferson-Jackson Celebration Dinner this weekend.
Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A majority of Virginia Republicans say they would give Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli the party's nomination in the 2013 governor's race, according to a new poll pitting him against Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling.
Thompson CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has taken a significant step towards creating a business court in the state.
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - An author and law clerk for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is seeking a seat on the bench as an "independent voice."
Chafin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Tish Chafin, past president of the West Virginia State Bar and newly minted West Virginia Supreme Court candidate, says it's time for her to give back to the people of West Virginia.
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A trial lawyers group says it commends the West Virginia Supreme Court for its recent decision in a set of cases stating that arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts were "unconscionable and unenforceable."
Margaret Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- A man can't sue Mylan drug companies over his wife's death in North Carolina, where he lives and she died, but he can sue them in West Virginia.
Margaret Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Seat belt maker Autoliv must pay a driver's estate $85,000 to make up for a Chrysler check that bounced, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled on June 17.
Chief Justice Margaret Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has denied a request by a group of Massey Energy Co. shareholders for an injunction against an $8.5 billion merger between the coal company and Alpha Natural Resources.
Chief Justice Margaret Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Groups of Massey Energy Co. shareholders, in an attempt to stop a reported $8.5 billion merger between the coal company and Alpha Natural Resources, are taking their fight to the West Virginia Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Robin Davis CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court justices chose not to second guess Boone County jurors who awarded coal miner Stanley Stevenson almost $2 million for a wrist injury.
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed the judgment of a circuit court in favor of a radiology group, saying the court erred in sustaining the group's plea of the statute of limitations.
Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - All five Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals have disqualified themselves from hearing a claim that a judge awarded an excessive fee to Justice Margaret Workman prior to her election.
Davis CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Judges can require insurers to destroy or return medical records that crash victims provide in lawsuits, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled.
Earley RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Former Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley is among those being considered for a Virginia Supreme Court or Court of Appeals judgeship.
Trischler CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday on the reinstatement of a lawsuit filed by a North Carolina man against Mylan drug companies.