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Standing ‘gag order’ dropped from final WD local rules (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: March 10, 2010

The federal judges of the Western District of Virginia this month dropped a long-standing gag rule in adopting a set of local rules for the first time. The change brings new freedom for criminal lawyers who were previously barred from disclosing any details of their cases not available in public records. When a set of proposed ...
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