185 ABA Journal West Virginia articles.
A West Virginia lawyer has been suspended for two years for accessing the e-mail of his wife and eight other lawyers at least 150 times over a two-year period.
The…
May 28, 2008 11:56 AM CDT
West Virginia University’s law school will get $8 million in unclaimed settlement proceeds from a class-action lawsuit against H&R Block.
The money is the largest gift ever made to the…
May 6, 2008 2:54 PM CDT
The West Virginia Supreme Court has once again overturned a $50 million verdict against the nation’s fourth largest coal company, but that apparently didn’t stop the winning company’s chief executive…
Apr 4, 2008 1:28 PM CDT
An editorial writer at the Wall Street Journal is taking legal thriller writer John Grisham to task for supporting merit selection of judges over judicial elections.
Grisham backs merit selection…
Mar 20, 2008 1:02 PM CDT
West Virginia’s top court heard a dispute between two coal companies, one defunct and the other the nation’s fourth-largest, for a second time yesterday. This time, though, two justices have…
Mar 13, 2008 6:05 PM CDT
Two Florida lawyers and their affiliated firms are accused in a lawsuit of making “sham” claims on behalf of consumers seeking to avoid payment of credit card debt.
The suit…
Mar 6, 2008 1:42 PM CST
Corrected: At first, when attorney Michael Markins accessed his wife’s e-mail account at the law firm at which she worked, he was trying to find out whether she might be…
Mar 4, 2008 12:23 AM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal that sought to stop the consolidation of more than 1,000 lawsuits against tobacco companies in West Virginia.
The cert petition…
Feb 25, 2008 4:14 PM CST
In honor of Valentine’s Day, a radio station in Charleston, W. Va., is running a contest that offers a free divorce lawyer to an unhappy spouse. The contest ends at…
Feb 13, 2008 10:48 PM CST
Photos filed with a recusal motion have led the chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court to step aside in a pending case to avoid an appearance of impropriety.
…Jan 22, 2008 3:09 PM CST
A motion filed Monday seeks the disqualification of the chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court in a case against a coal company based on allegations he vacationed with…
Jan 15, 2008 1:25 PM CST
Judicial Elections Turn to Big Bucks and Nasty Tactics
Feb 2, 2005 12:16 PM CST
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