Bills would curtail authority of high court, chief  (access required)

imageProposed legislation would eliminate the Virginia court system’s two top policy-making bodies, limit the authority of the executive secretary of the Supreme Court and do away with much of the Supreme Court’s authority to appoint substitute judges and supervise multi-jurisdiction grand juries. Such attempts to intrude on judicial turf crop up during every session of the legislature. They typically are the result of separation of power concerns or unease over what legislators – and judges and court clerks in their districts – view as undue centralization of the court system.

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Trendspotting: Developments and stories we’ll be watching in 2010  (access required)

imageEvery year we dust off the crystal ball and swirl the tea leaves, seeking to predict what a new year will hold for lawyers and legal profession in Virginia. Here is a list of 25 developments, stories or events that we’ll be watching and writing about in the coming year.

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Civil Procedure - 4th Circuit Jettisons 'McKinney' Rule on Removal
Removal from state to federal court is always a hot issue in Virginia, as defendants look for short-cuts to summary judgment; in a new case, the 4th Circuit repudiates the "McKinney" rule in favor of the "last-served" rule, which gives each defendant, after service, 30 days to file a notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. 1446(b).
Barbour v. Internat’l Union, UAW (VLW 010-2-041) (47 pp.)

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