PERSONNEL FILE: Jackson Kelly only firm in US to receive mining law recognition
CHARLESTON -- Jackson Kelly has been named the first U.S. News - Best Lawyers Law Firm of the Year in Mining Law.
This is according to the recently-released U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers 2011-2012 "Best Law Firms" rankings.
Jackson Kelly is the only law firm to receive the national recognition in mining law which makes this award a significant achievement. The firm's ranking will be featured in U.S.News & World Report's Money issue, on newsstands Nov. 15.
In addition, the following practice groups were ranked tier one in Charleston: Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law - Management, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Information Technology Law, Insurance Law, Labor Law - Management, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Environmental, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Tax Law, Water Law and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers.
According to U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers, Jackson Kelly has the most first-tier rankings in West Virginia in Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation as well as Health Care Law.
In Morgantown, tier one rankings were given to: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Governmental Investigations, Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation, Health Care Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates Law and Workers' Compensation Law - Employers.
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Mass Labor Law On Health Insurance - News
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law - Management, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law, Information Technology Law, Insurance Law, Labor Law - Management, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants,
The law's defenders say that won't happen. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published a report Friday arguing that employers will continue to offer insurance. It points to Massachusetts, the only state with an employer mandate.
The state health law has left only 6.4 percent of pregnant women aged 18 to 44 without health insurance in 2008 to 2010 compared with 21 percent nationally. “That's a huge plus for Mass.,” said Howse, “since the earlier women get prenatal care,
The three-way exchange started when Santorum said the former Massachusetts governor didn't "have credibility" when promising to repeal the federal health care law, because Romney signed a bill requiring his state's residents to buy health insurance.
It also taxes high-cost health care plans. The Massachusetts plan does not do these things. So, the laws, while not identical, share many core elements. Next, we wondered if the federal law was indeed based on the Massachusetts law.