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Filing for dollars, not justice
6/26/2009 3:15 PM

They used to be called ambulance chasers and they were held in contempt by the legal profession, the media, and the public.
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THEIR VIEW: The way forward on mountaintop removal
6/25/2009 11:15 AM
MORGANTOWN -- So there's not going to be a head-to-head debate between Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and NASA climate scientist James Hansen about global warning and coal mining.

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Let the sun shine
6/19/2009 2:00 PM
Getting government business out in the open is almost always a good idea. If Gov. Joe Manchin's new commission lets some sun shine into the state's court system, honest and law-abiding West Virginians will benefit.

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THEIR VIEW: Judicial reform and public opinion in W.Va.
6/18/2009 12:53 PM
CHARLESTON -- In West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin has announced former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will serve as honorary chairwoman of the governor's special commission on the state court system.

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THEIR VIEW: Supreme Court muddies water in Benjamin decision
6/18/2009 11:59 AM
MORGANTOWN -- The United States Supreme Court's decision that West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have stepped aside in cases involving Massey Energy resolves that particular issue, but it opens the door to many more disputes over when a judge should recuse himself.

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Wishing for a super-sized slush fund
6/12/2009 5:42 PM
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has earned the greedy label this week for trying to stick drug maker Eli Lilly with a $2 billion fine for alleged mislabeling in its marketing of an anti-psychotic drug.
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THEIR VIEW: State GOP loses key advocate
6/10/2009 8:34 PM
"Hey, it's Gary." I heard that hundreds of times over the last 10 years when I answered the phone in my office.
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Judge Seibert stands tall
6/5/2009 3:45 PM
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil," said British statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke, "is that good men do nothing." Which raises the question: Why do good men do nothing?


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THEIR VIEW: Sotomayor, life experiences and judges
6/4/2009 9:50 AM
MORGANTOWN -- A few of my lawyer friends have told me, only half-jokingly, that they prefer to argue before a judge who is fair ... unless, of course, they can have a judge who favors their point of view.


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No more secrets
5/29/2009 2:00 PM
As best we can tell, H. Blair Hahn isn't a covert operative. He doesn't lurk in shadows or don a disguise. But his lawyer contract with West Virginia is top secret.


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THEIR VIEW: What's wrong with checking old comp claims?
5/27/2009 8:56 PM
CHARLESTON -- Paul Nyden recently had a article in the Sunday Gazette-Mail about how Sedgewick (the folks handling the Old Fund Workers' Comp claims) is denying some Workers' Comp recipients disability benefits.


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Bad cases make bad law
5/22/2009 10:12 PM

THEIR VIEW: 'Firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right'
5/20/2009 8:30 AM

More documents, please
5/15/2009 5:00 PM

THEIR VIEW: I thought these coal companies were evil?
5/14/2009 9:32 AM

Plaintiff's lawyers play defense
5/8/2009 5:44 AM

THEIR VIEW: Setting up the 2010 Supreme Court race
5/7/2009 9:51 AM

THEIR VIEW: Judge Webster? Hell may soon freeze over
5/7/2009 9:20 AM

THEIR VIEW: Is her name Judge Rip Van Bailey-Walker?
4/30/2009 10:27 AM

THEIR VIEW: Staying aggressive to improve West Virginia
4/30/2009 10:15 AM

Do tell, Dr. Harron
4/24/2009 2:45 PM


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Filing for dollars, not justice - 6/26/2009
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