Archive for August, 2008
McGraw Trying to Divert Attention
The Wheeling Intelligencer
Aug 23, 2008
One method traditionally used by politicians to divert attention from their own shortcomings is to sling mud at their opponents. That’s just what West Virginia Chief Deputy Attorney General Frances Hughes did this week in Wheeling.As we reported, a hearing involving a settlement in a lawsuit against two big credit card [...]
Taking Share of the Credit
The Wheeling Intelligencer
Aug 21, 2008
WHEELING – West Virginia Chief Deputy Attorney General Frances Hughes did not speak during a hearing Wednesday in Wheeling concerning an $11.6 million settlement her office negotiated with Visa and MasterCard – but she had plenty to say when it was over.After Ohio County Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson approved the settlement [...]
‘Loser pays’ concept advocated by CALA
The Register-Herald
Aug 14, 2008
Trial lawyers can roll the dice in West Virginia’s court system, gambling that a sympathetic jury comes up with the magic number in a personal injury award.If not, the plaintiff is hit with the bill for legal services – and so is the defendant.
Steven Cohen, executive director for Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, [...]
Fall from horse is subject of suit
Charleston Daily Mail
Aug 13, 2008
Woman says lawyer let guests drink, then ride horses while intoxicated
A woman has sued a Charleston lawyer, saying he should have known it wasn’t a good idea to mix booze and horseback rides at the 4th of July party he hosted, but the lawyer says the case is frivolous and the [...]
Rankings can’t be dismissed
Charleston Daily Mail
Aug 08, 2008
Virginia is No. 1 for business, and right next door, we’re 50th?
FORBES Magazine’s annual ranking of “The Best States for Business” carries a great deal of weight because it’s read by people who decide where to invest money. For the third year in a row, the mother state of Virginia came [...]
State at bottom of Forbes list
The Register-Herald
Aug 06, 2008
Magazine cites state’s legal environment
West Virginia touts itself as “Open for Business,” but Forbes magazine feels the state has a long way to go – right up from the cellar in its annual rankings of “The Best States for Business.” Even Mississippi, longtime occupant of last place in state rankings of positive [...]
Group questions legal arrangements following Visa/MasterCard settlement
Times West Virginian
Aug 02, 2008
FAIRMONT August 02, 2008 12:39 am
Attorney General Darrell McGraw recently settled a lawsuit with Visa and MasterCard, but a nonprofit citizen group claims there are some problems with the legal arrangements. The West Virginia Office of the Attorney General filed a case in 2003 against MasterCard International Inc. and Visa U.S.A. [...]
Challenging Spitzerism at the Polls
The Wall Street Journal
Aug 01, 2008
Take one part ego, one part ambition and one part lawyer, mix it with an office that has few restraints on power, and you’ll end up with the worst sort of state attorney general. Take Dan Greear, and you’ll have a man at the front of a nascent electoral movement [...]
