Criminal Law

Legislating Broadband in West Virginia
Dan Casto, West Virginia University College of Law, has published "West Virginia's Broadband Woes: The State's Failed Efforts to Enter the Twenty-First Century." Here is the abstract...

Challenge to West Virginia Med Mal Reform
On Thursday, I posted about two states, Ohio and Texas, that passed significant medical malpractice reforms in 2003. Another state that did so was West Virginia. This week, the West Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging one...

West Virginia Update
The West Virginia legislature has amended and reenacted the state's current structured settlement protection statute. According to Representative Ronald N. Walters, one of the bill's sponsors, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin is expected to sign House Bill 4613 into law...

Long on a the history of judicial selection in Virginia and West Virginia
An Historical Perspective on Judicial Selection Methods in Virginia and West Virginia has been posted by Alex B. Long, University of Tennessee College of Law. It appeared in Journal of Law and Politics (2002)...

What to expect from West Virginia
I haven't been to West Virginia in a while, but I recall that in the Virginia primary back in February, there were these results in some Southwest Virginia counties that border on West Virginia:Buchanan County - Clinton 89...

Director of West Virginia Group Advocates Nonpartisan Elections
With the increased negativity surrounding the Caperton v. Massey case, the leader of a West Virginia group opposing ?lawsuit abuse? has joined the call to make the state?s judicial elections nonpartisan...

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

State of Virginia
$11 million settlement reached in Virginia Tech massacre.

Great-West Lifeco Must Pay $456 Million In London Life Class Action
Great-West Lifeco Must Pay $456 Million In London Life Class Action

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.