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Former Virginia attorney general Herring joins Akin Gump law firm
(Reuters) – Former Virginia legal professional normal Mark Herring and former Virginia deputy solicitor normal Martine Cicconi are becoming a member of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to steer and develop its state attorneys normal apply, the regulation agency mentioned Monday.
Herring, a Democrat, served two phrases as Virginia’s legal professional normal from 2014 till January of this 12 months. Because the state’s third-highest elected official, he led large-scale investigations involving the insurance coverage, monetary companies, prescribed drugs and expertise industries, the agency mentioned.
Herring was defeated in his bid for a 3rd time period in 2021 by the state’s present legal professional normal, Republican Jason Miyares.
Cicconi, who labored at Akin Gump earlier in her profession, served underneath Herring because the state’s deputy solicitor normal. She most lately served as senior counsel within the White Home counsel’s workplace underneath President Joe Biden, the place she labored on congressional investigations.
The pair are becoming a member of Washington, D.C.-headquartered Akin Gump as companions at a time when state attorneys normal are taking an more and more lively function in scrutinizing company exercise, usually partnering with different states and federal businesses on investigations.
“Should you have a look at the traits in investigations and litigation, in addition to the variety of public coverage points that AGs are concerned in, there’s much more urge for food for motion,” Herring mentioned.
State attorneys normal have lately signed onto main antitrust lawsuits and struck important settlements on points together with the surroundings, shopper safety and the opioid epidemic.
Herring was lively in pursing progressive causes as Virginia’s state legal professional normal, refusing to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, which was later dominated unconstitutional, and difficult a number of Trump administration insurance policies in courtroom.
He apologized in 2019 after revealing that he wore blackface at a university celebration in 1980. The admission got here days after an offensive photograph of then-Virginia governor Ralph Northam’s medical faculty yearbook surfaced.
Earlier than serving with Herring in Virginia, Cicconi was affiliate counsel on the Obama White Home and legal professional advisor on the U.S. Justice Division.
She mentioned there are parallels for legal professionals between congressional and state legal professional normal investigations, together with the necessity to acknowledge potential reputational hurt along with authorized danger.
“Understanding the state AG investigation as its personal animal and highlighting all these diverse aspects of it’s why it is so essential to have the sort of refined apply that we’re constructing right here,” Cicconi mentioned.
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Eastern Michigan WR Oran Singleton Jr. Commits to West Virginia
West Virginia has landed its second commitment out of the transfer portal, and its first on the offensive side of the ball.
Sunday evening, Eastern Michigan wide receiver transfer Oran Singleton Jr. announced his pledge to the Mountaineers.
This past season for the Eagles, Singleton caught a team-high 64 passes for 639 yards and two touchdowns. Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, Singleton played one year at Akron and then made the move to the junior college level to play for Hutchinson CC. There, he led the team in receptions (31) and was second in yards (419).
West Virginia will continue to add to the wide receiver room in the coming days and weeks as they look to replace the departure of Justin Robinson along with the potential departures of Traylon Ray Ric’Darious Farmer and Hudson Clement.
Singleton will have one year of eligibility remaining.
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WVU loses Hansberry, beats Mercyhurst in non-conference finale
Still without Tucker DeVries, Sunday’s game against Mercyhurst would be West Virginia’s final opportunity to figure things out ahead of their holiday break, followed by the gauntlet that is the Big 12.
While the Mountaineers would ease past the Lakers, they couldn’t do it without suffering another injury. Starting center Amani Hansberry was injured in the opening minute and did not return as West Virginia beat Mercyhurst 67-46 at the WVU Coliseum to close non-conference play.
The Mountaineers persevered the early departure of Hansberry by getting inside on the Lakers. After a Jonathan Powell 3-pointer, eight of WVU’s next 13 points came at the rim as they took a 16-7 lead in the opening eight minutes of action.
While the Lakers would be able to keep the West Virginia lead in single digits, a late 11-3 run helped West Virginia into halftime with a 35-22 lead.
While West Virginia shot 50 percent from the field in the first half, the second half would have a much different feel to it.
West Virginia made only one basket, and that came on a score from Eduardo Andre just a minute into the second half. After that, though, West Virginia’s offense went silent, and it allowed the Lakers to get back into the game.
Mercyhurst went on an 8-0 run from the 17:23 mark until the 14:46 mark of the second half, as West Virginia’s lead was cut to 38-30. The Mountaineers would respond appropriately, though, going on a 16-0 run themselves, pushing the lead to 24 with 8:13 to play.
During the run, it was a plethora of players who got involved for the Mountaineers. Five different players scored during the run, including Javon Small, who scored on a fastbreak dunk after a steal from Joe Yesufu. The dunk would be Small’s 1,000th career point.
Mercyhurst countered with a 5-0 run, but that didn’t faze the Mountaineers in the slightest. West Virginia scored the next nine points as they continued to lock down on defense.
Mercyhurst would score only 11 points in the final 14:45 of the game, shooting 22 percent from the field in the second half and 28 percent from the field on the afternoon. West Virginia held Mercyhurst to shoot only 5-for-17 from beyond the arc.
The Mountaineers shot 48 percent from the field despite struggling mightly from three as they shot 5-for-19 from beyond the arc. Small led West Virginia with 19 points on the afternoon.
West Virginia now will be off until Dec. 31, when they open Big 12 play on the road against No. 8 Kansas.
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Virginia woman falls victim to bitcoin scam, loses more than $30,000 – WTOP News
A Richmond, Virginia, woman lost more than $30,000 after police say she fell victim to a scam.
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RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — A Richmond, Virginia, woman lost more than $30,000 after police say she fell victim to a scam.
CBS 6 Crime Insider Jon Burkett spoke to Frank Oley, her financial adviser and Greg Wade, a Richmond detective about how this happened.
The woman got an email which appeared to be from PayPal.
“It was about the purchase of some type of malware and if you didn’t want it to call a certain number,” Wade said.
She then called the number and got swindled.
“After the transaction was done, he said, ‘You added too many zeroes,’ and, ‘Oh, my God, I’m going to lose my job, it’s Christmas time and I have kids,’ laid it on thick to her. This client being such a nice, honest and decent person felt sorry for this guy,” Wade explained.
The woman felt so bad she withdrew a total of $34,300 from two banks in an effort to pay for what she thought was her mistake.
The scammer instructed her to load the cash into a bitcoin machine along Azalea Avenue. It took her two hours and 873 separate transactions to do.
Detective Wade got a search warrant and told the store to shut the machine down. A representative came to open it, and the woman’s money was still there.
Her money is being held as evidence for now, but she will get it all back.
“The good news is with George, the Richmond City Police Department, we got the money back,” Oley said.
Wade says the scammer was traced to a location outside the United States.
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