DETROIT (Legal Newsline) - Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert P. Young Jr. is asking a fellow justice to respond to recent allegations that she engaged in suspicious real estate transactions.

SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A former appeals court judge could become Oregon's first female attorney general come November.

INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Indiana Supreme Court Justice Brent E. Dickson has been selected as the Court's new chief justice.

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged a Chinese natural gas company and Qinan Ji, the former CEO who remains chairman of China Natural Gas Inc., for defrauding investors.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - In recent weeks leading up to the West Virginia primary election and even after it, several Republican candidates for various offices across the state have publicly asked their Democratic rivals if they support or voted for President Obama.

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge on Monday mostly upheld Chevron Corp.'s complaint in a lawsuit over an $18 billion judgment against the company.

RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling Monday that says Time Warner Cable had not acted improperly by refusing to offer TCR Sports' broadcasts on an analog tier in its North Carolina cable system.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - It took a $25 billion national settlement and not an act of the state legislature to finally give West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw an office in the state's fastest-growing region.