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19 May 2011, 10:50 am by Jon Coppelman
Don Blankenship, Massey CEO, blamed the explosion on federal interference and a gigantic methane bubble that percolated up from below the mine shafts. [read post]
28 May 2015, 8:50 am by Legal Profession Prof
Incurred and future legal fees to defend criminal charges former Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship must be paid, according to a Delaware Court of Chancery decision issued today. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 7:36 am by Joe Consumer
Massey's much-hated boss, Don Blankenship, finally quit. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 7:36 am by Joe Consumer
Massey's much-hated boss, Don Blankenship, finally quit. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 1:19 pm by Ted Allen
Activist investors are hailing the departure of Massey Energy Chairman and CEO Donald Blankenship, and point out that their efforts helped prod Massey’s board to make a leadership change. [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 5:59 am
Over the weekend, there were a couple of big newspaper stories about the upcoming Supreme Court case involving Massey Energy's Don Blankenship and West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin's failure to recuse himself from a case involving Massey.First, in the New York Times, Adam Liptak has a good overview of the case, for those of you who aren't familiar with it. [read post]
17 May 2010, 2:01 pm by Ted Allen
  Finally, CtW contends that Phillips, who serves as Massey's president, is especially conflicted and is an unsuitable director on a board that "is effectively captured by his boss, CEO Don Blankenship. [read post]
18 May 2010, 7:33 am by Ted Allen
"Today's Annual Shareholder Meeting reinforces the strength and continuity of Massey Energy to all stakeholders," Don Blankenship, Massey’s chairman and CEO, said in the release. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 7:21 am by Theo Francis
Don Blankenship, the irascible chief executive of embattled Massey Energy (MEE),  may be retiring from the company he has led for a decade, but don’t be tempted to see him as a broken executive limping into the sunset with nothing but regrets for solace. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 6:51 am by Julie Ferguson
You expect it to be confined to the realm of cartoon villains, but it was one of many damning indicators reported to inspectors during a more than four-year investigation into circumstances surrounding the mining disaster that claimed 29 lives at the Massey-owned Upper Big Branch... [read post]
29 Dec 2014, 5:58 pm by Andrew
No, big transport companies like UPS don’t shy away from legal disputes, and unless you can prove in court that they should compensate you for your injuries, they’re always going to put up a fight. [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 8:12 am by Ted Allen
  "By failing to name an independent chairman, the Massey board has once again demonstrated its unresponsiveness to shareholders and unwillingness to challenge Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship," said Michael Garland, CtW's director of capital strategies. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 1:54 am by Kevin LaCroix
During this process, Massey forced out its long-standing CEO, Don Blankenship. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 6:01 am by Kit Case
His name is Don Blankenship and he was once known as the “King of Coal. [read post]
13 May 2012, 1:20 pm
Edith May Willingham alleges that Massey officials, including then-CEO Don Blankenship, "fraudulently induced" her to settle claims regarding the death of her husband, Benny, who was one of 29 miners killed in the disaster. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 9:19 am by jpfaff
In 2002, Massey Coal lost a major tort case ($50 million), and in 2004, while the case was working its way on appeal up to the state supreme court, Massey's CEO, Don Blankenship, spent more than $3 million to successful help a challenge, Brent Benajmin, unseat an incumbent. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 6:26 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post is shared from wvgazette.com/Don Blankenship, the longtime chief executive officer of Massey Energy, was indicted Thursday on charges that he orchestrated the routine violation of key federal mine safety rules at the company’s Upper Big Branch Mine prior to an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.A federal grand jury in Charleston charged Blankenship with conspiring to cause willful violations of ventilation requirements and coal-dust control… [read post]
19 May 2010, 12:36 pm by Lawyer Sanders
The union members are also demanding that Massey CEO Don Blankenship be held accountable and that the three board members up for re-election be ousted. [read post]