Archive for June, 2008
McGraw should be stopped now
Charleston Daily Mail
Jun 17, 2008
His use of office is unseemly, and voters should make that clear
STATE Attorney General Darrell McGraw uses his office in part as a state-sanctioned tort law firm. In the name of consumer protection, his office files actions against companies. Although some of the target companies have richly deserved the attention, this [...]
Lawyers get big payout in credit case
Charleston Daily Mail
Jun 16, 2008
Consumers will get sales tax breaks on some appliances
Private law firms assisting the state Attorney General’s Office could receive about $4 million for their work on an antitrust case against Visa USA Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. This practice empowering private law firms to file suit on behalf of Attorney General [...]
Lawsuit abuse hurts West Virginia
Charleston Daily Mail
Jul 14, 2008
The Daily Mail hit the nail squarely on the head with its July 7 editorial stating West Virginia’s lawsuit climate clearly affects the business and jobs climate in the state. Having three of the seven largest lawsuit verdicts in 2007 occur in our state, which ranks 37th in population size, shows [...]
Chesapeake Decision Puts Court System Under Spotlight
The State Journal
Jun 06, 2008
Chesapeake Energy Corp’s. decision to not construct a new Eastern Division Headquarters building in Charleston will not affect its natural gas exploration operations in the Appalachian Basin, said Scott Rotruck, vice president for corporate development. The company announced May 29 that it would halt construction of the building in Charleston’s North [...]
Metro is pointless without job growth
Charleston Gazette
Jul 01, 2008
Editor: In calling for consolidation of local governments (“Merge,” June 23) you perceptively editorialize that “population loss is directly tied to economics,” i.e., no jobs. Most definitely, streamline the delivery of public services “while this region waits for more jobs,” as you write. But the length of that wait may be eternity [...]
