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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says the no-guns-on-campus policy at the University of Virginia lacks the legal authority to overcome the gun-carrying rights of citizens with concealed weapons permits. In a July 1 opinion letter, Cuccinelli draws a distinction between a George Mason University regulation banning guns in school buildings and the U.Va. policy prohibiting [...]

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In a strongly worded letter, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Wednesday fired the firm of King & Spalding as outside counsel for Virginia agencies in response to the firm’s decision to end its defense of the Defense of Marriage Act. Amid pressure from gay rights groups, K&S this week announced it was dropping the U.S. [...]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will request expedited review of the Virginia health care challenge by the U.S. Supreme Court, a move which would skip review of the case by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a Feb. 3 news release, Cuccinelli said it’s important to get the issue resolved before Virginia and [...]

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Virginia state lawyers have asked a New York judge to vacate his default judgment against the commonwealth and James Madison University in a lawsuit over JMU’s hiring of a new head basketball coach. New York’s Marist College sued former coach Matt Brady and JMU after Brady broke his contract with Marist in 2008 to take [...]

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Retired Albemarle County Circuit Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. has sided with the University of Virginia in its effort to block Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s investigation of records from a climate change researcher. In a letter opinion today, Peatross finds the attorney general failed to set forth an objective basis to support his issuance [...]

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Albemarle County Circuit Judge Paul Peatross announced Friday he would decide in ten days the University of Virginia’s court challenge to civil investigative demands issued by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli seeking documents related to climate change research. As reported by The Daily Progress, the judge heard oral arguments Friday afternoon. Cuccinelli’s office followed with [...]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he will donate the $55,000 given to his campaign by the director of a Navy veterans organization that’s under investigation in several states. The donation from Bobby Thompson, whose whereabouts are now unknown, was the second largest individual contribution to Cuccinelli’s campaign, reports The Roanoke Times. Thompson had sought [...]

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U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson promised a decision within 30 days on whether Virginia has standing to challenge the federal health care law. The judge heard about two hours of arguments today on the federal government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. “From time to time it’s up to [...]

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Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli has named Williams Mullen partner and former federal prosecutor Chuck James to be chief deputy attorney general and McGuireWoods partner E. Duncan Getchell Jr. to be solicitor general. James is the son of Kay Cole James, former director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under President Bush and Virginia Secretary [...]

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Virginia health care plans will recover nearly $12 million under the nation’s largest ever health care settlement announced today, reports the state’s attorney general. Bill Mims said Virginia’s total federal and state Medicaid recovery under the government’s agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is nearly $12 million, with $6.2 million being returned to the Commonwealth [...]

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