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Thursday, March 28, 2024

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AGs accuse Meta of harming youth mental health through social media platforms

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — A bipartisan group of 33 state attorneys general have sued Meta alleging the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens.

Legislation would stop foreign third-party litigation funding

By Chris Dickerson |
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) recently introduced legislation that would stop foreign entities and governments from funding litigation in American courts.

Group of AGs demand Biden fix immigration policies, secure border

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a coalition of 27 attorneys general in a legal filing demanding President Biden fix unlawful immigration policies and secure the border.

Google, AGs reach settlement in antitrust case about app store sales

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – Google and attorneys general from 52 states and territories have reached a settlement in an antitrust case about the company’s mobile app store policies.

Morrisey, other AGs ask court to review SEC rule requiring more disclosures on proxy votes

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey this week joined his colleagues in Louisiana, Texas and Utah in urging the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to review a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that requires investment managers to make more disclosures about their proxy votes.

Gun-toting judge's attorneys seek to silence lawyer

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – Attorneys representing the circuit judge who pointed a gun at an attorney during an oil and gas royalties hearing have sent a letter to the attorney demanding she stop “publishing false statements” about him.

Attorney says circuit judge pointed gun at her from bench during hearing

By Chris Dickerson |
NEW MARTINSVILLE – A circuit court judge allegedly brandished a handgun during a hearing earlier this year, leaving it pointed at an attorney from Texas during the proceedings.

Morrisey chides Biden over border issues during two-day Texas briefing

By Chris Dickerson |
WESLACO, Texas — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is visiting the country’s Southwest border in Texas where he and attorneys general from 12 other states were hosted by the governor of Texas for a briefing regarding issues at the border.

Morrisey, other AGs tell Biden they're watching for federal overreach

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a six-state coalition telling President Joe Biden that state attorneys general will be vigilant in watching for and opposing federal overreach, especially when such action puts jobs and civil liberties at risk.

Group of AGs, including Morrisey, file brief supporting NRA lawsuit against New York AG

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office recently joined a 16-state coalition supporting the National Rifle Association’s lawsuit against New York’s attorney general.

Supreme Court refuses to hear Texas lawsuit to overturn election results in four states

By Chris Dickerson |
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to overturn election results in four swing states.

W.Va., Texas AGs lead coalition seeking to reverse ruling that stopped pipeline construction

By Chris Dickerson |
SAN FRANCISCO — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are leading a 17-state coalition asking a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court ruling that brought pipeline construction to a grinding halt nationwide.

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Montana ruling regarding pipeline construction

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is expressing gratification after the U.S. Supreme Court again agreed with a West Virginia- and Texas-led 18-state coalition to block a Montana district court’s decision that he says brought construction of many pipelines nationally to a grinding halt.

Man says he was told wrong Powerball cutoff time, files $700 million lawsuit

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A Charleston man has filed a lawsuit seeking $700 million over allegations he was told the incorrect cutoff time to play the Powerball lottery in 2017 at a Texas convenience store.

AG's office joins coalition in pro-farmer suit against Massachusetts

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is seeking to protect Mountain State farmers and c​​​​​onsumers by challenging a Massachusetts law that attempts to impose unlawful agricultural regulations on other states.

14th Court of Appeals overturns $43.5M workers' comp verdict

By Chris Dickerson |
HOUSTON – Texas’ 14th Court of Appeals has overturned a $43.5 million Brazoria County workers’ comp verdict involving a construction worker who had his leg amputated above the knee.

Jefferson County Courthouse evacuated after bomb threat

By Chris Dickerson |
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AGs hail Trump's executive order dismantling the Clean Power Plan

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was on hand as President Trump signed an executive order blocking the previous administration's Clean Power Plan.

Paxton, others withdraw federal transgender lawsuit

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON — Declaring victory, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas counterpart Ken Paxton have withdrew their coalition’s 13-state lawsuit against former President Obama’s transgender directive.

Federal court hears arguments in EPA Clean Power Plan case

By Chris Dickerson |
WASHINGTON — A coalition of states argued in federal court that the EPA has overstepped its authority with proposed emission standards that would require states such as West Virginia to revamp its primary energy source and economic model.