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(access required)">Supreme Court asks for pro bono proposal for corporate counsel (access required)

Posted in Attorneys on May 28th, 2010

The Supreme Court of Virginia has asked the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association to submit a proposed rule for pro bono practice by corporate counsel.
The request followed comments last month by Randal S. Milch, executive vice president and general counsel of Verizon Communications Inc., about “regulatory impediments” by the Virginia State Bar [...]

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(access required)">Balancing budgets, balancing caseloads (access required)

Posted in Justices on May 11th, 2010

NORFOLK – Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. says he will not invoke his constitutional power to reassign judges to courts suffering under heavy caseloads.
His declaration came earlier today during his State of the Judiciary address to Virginia circuit court judges gathered for the annual Judicial Conference.
Hassell said Article VI, Section 4 of the Virginia [...]

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