Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Overall, West Virginia’s mid-term election easily can be described as a Red Wave rising, with historic GOP wins in legislative races. At the same time, voters remained cautious when it came to policy decisions, soundly rejecting all four constitutional amendments on the ballot in spite of strong support from the Republican Party and business community. That dichotomy likely will puzzle election watchers for a while. But for now, the state clearly is on a politically conservative path that is unlikely to change for quite some time.   State Legislature All 100 House of Delegate seats and 17 of the 34 Senate seats were up for election yesterday...

Does your contract contain a dispute resolution section that refers to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) rules, mediation and/or arbitration proceedings?  If so, then you need to be aware of some changes that took effect last month. The AAA revised its Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures (“AAA Rules”) to update some existing rules and to add new rules.    According to AAA, these changes were intended to standardize the their longstanding practices and improve processes through which disputes are resolved...

Charleston, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that the firm was named to the 2023 "Best Law Firms" list by U.S. News - Best Lawyers in 61 areas of law throughout the firm’s footprint. The rankings are based on a rigorous assessment process that involved the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, and review of additional information provided by law firms. More information can be found at http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com...

Pittsburgh — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that Shane P. Riley has joined the law firm in its Pittsburgh office. His primary areas of practice are corporate law, patent law and intellectual property law. Riley has extensive experience advising clients on intellectual property ownership, protection, and licensing issues across a broad range of disciplines. He drafts and negotiates various corporate and research related agreements, clinical trial agreements, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, material transfer/use agreements, and collaboration agreements...