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1508, 2019

Twenty KCC Attorneys Named to ‘Best Lawyers’ 2020 List

Charleston, WV (August 15, 2019) – Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC is pleased to announce that 20 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers.  The revered representation includes nearly every practice area provided by attorneys in Charleston, Morgantown, and Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Two attorneys, Craig M. Kay and John […]

2303, 2017

Professional Supersedes Social Roles: A Precaution on Hugging in the Workplace

What may be acceptable behavior and entirely well-intentioned to one person may not be perceived similarly by others. This particularly holds true in the workplace, where co-workers are encouraged to form social bonds while maintaining professionalism.  In a recent decision, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California recognized a […]

2705, 2016

Plaintiffs Must Demonstrate Actual Injury, SCOTUS Rules

On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in the closely watched case of Spokeo, Inc., v. Robins, No. 13-1339.  Spokeo, Inc. is an online information aggregation service that, in response to requests, searches a wide array of databases and generates a profile of the subject of the search. […]

2207, 2015

Crisis Planning Required for Management of Potential Cyber Attacks

Once again, the topic of privacy and security of electronic data has captured headlines with news that 21.5 million Americans have had their private information stolen in an attack on the government’s Office of Personnel Management.

More recently, pharmacy chain CVS has taken its online photo center offline after discovering that customers’ personal credit card data may […]

1604, 2015

Legislative Update 2015: Comparative fault rules change

Of the many pieces of tort reform legislation to emerge from the 2015 West Virginia Legislature, one of the most important was HB 2002, which becomes effective on May 25, 2015. HB 2002 substantially changes West Virginia’s comparative fault regimen and abolishes joint and several liability by repealing two code sections: W.Va. Code §§55-7-13 and […]