Archive for October, 2008
Greear, McGraw clash over cash
Charleston Daily Mail
Oct 31, 2008
Republican Dan Greear continues to call into question direct or indirect contributions to state Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s campaign from lawyers that have worked on state cases. Greear previously counted $43,000 worth of these kinds of contributions. He said he’s discovered another $22,000 contributed to Democrat incumbent McGraw’s campaign during the [...]
Attorney General hopeful wants no more trinkets
The Register-Herald
Oct 30, 2008
All across West Virginia, there are some 175,000 refrigerators adorned with magnets touting Democratic Attorney General Darrell McGraw. But the trinket parade doesn’t end at the ice box, his opponent says. In fact, his Republican challenger, Dan Greear said Wednesday in Beckley, the incumbent has spent thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to buy [...]
McGraw points cash to backers
The Charleston Gazette
Oct 29, 2008
A Sept. 19 opinion piece, “Time to clear up misconceptions about OxyContin suit,” by Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s office reads more like a work of fiction despite its claim of “facts.” Here are the facts. In 2001, the attorney general sued manufacturers of OxyContin for allegedly improperly marketing the painkiller. McGraw [...]
Debate between Hughes, Cohen continues
The West Virginia Record
Oct 28, 2008
CHARLESTON – The war of words between Darrell McGraw’s top aide and the executive director of a statewide legal reform group continues.Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes and Steve Cohen of West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse squared off on the Oct. 25-26 edition of “Decision Makers,” a weekly talk [...]
Judge agrees with challenge to W.Va. political ads
The Associated Press
Oct 17, 2008
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a West Virginia election law that regulated third-party expenditures and broadcasts of political advertising. This spring, a federal judge blocked the state from requiring third parties to report what they spent on non-broadcast ads. Lawmakers responded last month by modifying the law, but on Friday [...]
Court blamed for business costs
Charleston Daily Mail
Oct 09, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the last three years, the West Virginia Supreme Court has created additional costs on companies investing in the state, according to a report by a team of West Virginia University researchers.Economics professor Russell Sobel, law school graduate Kristen Leddy and economist/law student Matthew Yanni studied court cases [...]
The $10 Million Question
The State Journal
Oct 09, 2008
OxyContin Settlement Turns into a Pain for Attorney General
Four years ago, a settlement was struck in McDowell County Circuit Court between the state of West Virginia and the manufacturer of the painkiller OxyContin, a prescription medication so widely abused throughout Appalachia that it had picked up the nickname “hillbilly heroin.”The company, [...]
Criticism of AG More Than Politics
The State Journal
Oct 09, 2008
For its part, the Legislature may want to follow the lead of the federal government, which prohibits its agencies from using private law firms on a contingency-fee basis. With an election less than a month away, critics of state Attorney General Darrell McGraw are trying to make a case that the [...]
