April 03, 2015
Weeks after the Fourth Circuit ordered the mass unsealing of documents sought by media outlets in the criminal case against former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship, he was back in district court fighting to keep under wraps his reasons for wanting to move the case to another court.
March 31, 2015
Federal prosecutors told a West Virginia district court judge Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Omnicare decision only strengthens their argument that former Massey Coal Co. CEO Don Blankenship should be forced to face criminal securities fraud and false statement charges at his upcoming trial.
March 24, 2015
Former Massey Coal Co. CEO Don Blankenship pled not guilty in West Virginia federal court Tuesday after federal prosecutors amended allegations that he contributed to a deadly 2010 mine explosion by circumventing safety regulations to include a new claim that he provided bogus dust samples.
March 13, 2015
Former Massey Coal Co. chief executive Don Blankenship told a West Virginia federal court Thursday that the restrictions imposed on him while he awaits trial for allegedly spurring the deaths of 29 miners are "onerous" and "purely punitive."
March 11, 2015
Federal prosecutors have hit former Massey Coal Co. CEO Don Blankenship with a new allegation in connection with claims that he created a safety-flouting culture that resulted in the deaths of 29 miners and violated securities laws, saying he was involved with providing falsified mine dust samples.
March 06, 2015
Newly unsealed filings in the government's fraud conspiracy and false statements case against Donald L. Blankenship show the former Massey Coal Co. CEO has launched a salvo of attacks on the charges including allegations of grand jury abuse and retaliatory prosecution.
March 05, 2015
After a monthslong tussle with the local and national media, the Fourth Circuit has lifted a gag order restricting access to participants and documents in the criminal case against former Massey Coal Co. CEO Don Blankenship, who is accused of causing 29 miner deaths by directing the company to break safety laws.
February 12, 2015
A Delaware Chancery judge said Thursday he would hear ex-Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship's bid to have his former company's parent cover his legal bills in April, weeks ahead of the scheduled opening of his criminal trial on charges connected to a mine explosion that killed 29 people.
January 08, 2015
A West Virginia federal judge has agreed to a request by media groups to make public a number of formerly locked court documents in the criminal case of Don Blankenship, Massey Coal Co.'s former CEO, who will face trial on allegations of contributing to the deaths of 29 miners.
January 06, 2015
A West Virginia federal judge on Monday postponed by almost three months the criminal trial of former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship in connection with 29 miner deaths, over opposition from the federal government.