Va. justices to consider AG’s quest for records
By The Associated Press
Published: January 12, 2012
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Environmental, Supreme Court of Virginia News
(AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s demand for documents related to a former University of Virginia climate-change researcher’s work. The hearing is set for Thursday. Cuccinelli is seeking emails and other documents as part of his investigation into whether Michael Mann, who now works at [...]
Ken Cuccinelli to run for governor in 2013 
By Paul Fletcher
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Elections, Gov. Bob McDonnell
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced he will run for governor instead of for reelection. Cuccinelli’s declaration upsets an orderly succession of the GOP ticket that swept all three statewide offices in 2009 and could prompt a nasty intraparty fight. Gov. Bob McDonnell made it clear he is behind Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling for governor. [...]
Appeals court grants writ of innocence
By The Associated Press
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Criminal, Judge Larry G. Elder, Judge William G. Petty, Virginia Court of Appeals News
(AP) A Richmond man who had been imprisoned nearly 30 years for at least one sexual assault he didn’t commit has been exonerated in two other rape cases. A divided Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a writ of actual innocence and vacated Thomas Haynesworth’s rape and abduction convictions in two sexual assaults in [...]
AG sidesteps fray in fishermen trespass case
By Peter Vieth
Published: August 15, 2011
Tags: Alleghany County Circuit Court, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo, Land Use
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has refused to come to the defense of fishermen fighting a $10,000 trespassing lawsuit who say they were assured by the state they had a right to stand and cast their lines in the Jackson River. Riverside landowners took the anglers to court, claiming the landowners, and not the state, [...]
Parent facing jail time for support may get lawyer
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: July 4, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Domestic Relations, U.S. Supreme Court
A parent facing jail time for back child support has minimal due process rights, the U.S. Supreme Court said late last month. An initial review of current practice in Virginia indicates courts in the commonwealth provide even greater protection than the new case requires, lawyers said. The U.S. Supreme Court said in Turner v. Rogers [...]
Federal appeals court hears first healthcare law cases
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 10, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Federal Courts, Health Care Bill, Judge Andre M. Davis, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, Judge Henry E. Hudson, Judge James A. Wynn Jr., Judge Norman K. Moon
The legal battle over the federal health care act has made it to the next level. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments May 10 in the first two cases to advance from the trial court level to a federal appeals court, en route to a likely showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court. [...]
Hall: AG should quit Tech shootings case
By Peter Vieth
Published: May 5, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Judge William N. Alexander II, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Virginia Tech Shootings
The lawyer for the families suing Virginia Tech over the April 16 shootings says Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli should step aside from representing the school because of his public comments about the lawsuits. Accusing Cuccinelli of jeopardizing a fair trial, Robert T. Hall is asking Judge William Alexander to disqualify the attorney general’s office [...]
AG would get new powers to look at nursing home abuse
By Peter Vieth
Published: February 14, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Elder Law, General Assembly
A bill sailing through the General Assembly would expand the attorney general’s power to investigate nursing home abuse and neglect, even in cases where the patient does not receive government assistance. Currently under Virginia law, state investigators can subpoena only records of patients receiving state medical assistance, even if there are other potential abuse cases [...]
Democratic senators attempt to limit civil investigative demands
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 24, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, General Assembly
Two Democratic senators are offering bills that would restrain Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s civil inquest into climate change research at the University of Virginia. State Sens. A. Donald McEachin of Henrico and J. Chapman Petersen of Fairfax County said Tuesday the bill would safeguard academic freedom at Virginia colleges from Cuccinelli’s ideologically motivated witch hunts. [...]
Cuccinelli targets sweepstakes games
By Peter Vieth
Published: January 20, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, General Assembly
After sending mixed signals last year on the legality of a new wave of gambling ventures in Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is backing legislation to “clarify” that the sweepstakes games are illegal under Virginia gambling law. The legislation adds language outlawing operations where customers can redeem points for money and – but for those [...]
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