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Fight over legal notice ads spills into the courts (access required)
Two judges said Media General lacked standing, then gave asked-for relief

By Alan Cooper
Published: August 3, 2009

The effort by The Wall Street Journal to pursue legal notice advertising in Virginia has generated some extraordinary rulings and caused an apparent conflict among circuit courts. The newspaper has obtained orders in at least nine Virginia localities in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and the metro Richmond area authorizing it to accept legal notice advertising. A spokesman ...
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