Federal and state government lawyers are trumpeting the formal resolution of a $1.6-billion case against pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories Inc. for off-label marketing of its anti-seizure drug Depakote. A federal judge in Abingdon approved a criminal sentence for Abbott today. Various states and the federal government charged Abbott with illegally promoting the use of Depakote [...]
Judge approves sentence for maker of Depakote
October 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off · Criminal Cases, U.S. District Court
Tags:Abingdon·Attorney General·Whistleblowers
Lawyer avoids conviction on most charges
August 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off · Criminal Cases
Accused of assault, breaking bond by trespassing and a handful of traffic violations, an Abingdon lawyer came away from court with only a speeding conviction. Berry L. Conway faced charges over a series of incidents that occurred in June. He was arrested three times over the course two weeks, accused of being drunk in public, [...]
Tags:Abingdon·Attorney Misconduct·General District Courts·Traffic Offenses
Chief unveils e-filing pilot program details
July 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Judges, Supreme Court of Virginia
ABINGDON–Virginia lawyers may soon get a glimpse of what is promised to be a simple and centralized system for electronic filing in the state courts. Virginia Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. drew applause when he told a roomful of lawyers the state’s planned electronic filing system will be lawyer-friendly. “It’s going to be available [...]
Tags:Abingdon·E-Filing·Norfolk
Tax fraud brings 18 month sentence for McClure
April 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Criminal Cases, U.S. District Court
Longtime motorsports leader Larry McClure is off to federal prison for dodging taxes. U.S. Western District Judge James P. Jones sentenced McClure to 18 months for filing a false income tax return, obstructing the federal investigation and lying to Internal Revenue Service investigators, reports the Bristol Herald Courier. In addition, he will have to pay [...]
Prominent Abingdon citizen admits embezzling
March 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Criminal Cases
A civic leader and former legal secretary has acknowledging stealing thousands from a retired doctor. Jean Neal is charged with one count of embezzlement and 32 counts each of forgery, uttering a forged instrument and obtaining money under false pretenses, reports the Bristol Herald-Courier. Neal worked part time as a private secretary and bookkeeper for [...]
Abingdon’s Moonlite gets landmark designation
June 7th, 2007 · Comments Off · Virginia Legal News Stories
Join me for a drive from Bristol to Abingdon down in Southwest Virginia. We’ll avoid Interstate 81 and choose old Lee Highway instead. Past the building that a guy made into a church by putting a steeple on an old auto-parts store. Past the mom-and-pop motels from the 1950s. Past the Wal-Mart and other big [...]
