York prosecutor: VSB is making me scapegoat   (access required)

imageThe prosecutor accused of misconduct by the Virginia State Bar in a death penalty case denies the ethics charges and says she is being made a scapegoat for complaints about prosecutor discipline. York County Commonwealth’s Attorney Eileen M. Addison denied any coaching of a witness to testify against accused killer Daryl Atkins and said her office did not hide evidence from Atkins’ lawyers, despite a judge’s finding that prosecutors mishandled evidence in the 1997 death case.

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imageVirginia Lawyers Media, publishers of Virginia Lawyers Weekly and the Virginia Medical Law Report, has announ-ced the Class of 2010 of “Influential Women of Virginia.”

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Employment - Punitives Ordered for Former Employee
A former employee, shareholder and corporate officer for a car dealership violated a noncompete by forming a competing business while still employed by the dealership, and he must pay damages - including punitives - for his breach and for conversion, a Fairfax Circuit Court says.
Redden v. Liptau (VLW 010-8-050) (15 pp.)

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