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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Alexandria Circuit Court</title>
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		<title>Plaintiff prevails in first case brought under amended VFATA &#8211; $208,100 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/22/plaintiff-prevails-in-first-case-brought-under-amended-vfata-208100-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff is a licensed architect with 35 years of experience in construction management and architecture. He was hired in January 2008 by the City of Alexandria to be the senior project manager for the new Alexandria police facility. The &#8220;APF&#8221; was and is the second-largest construction project ever undertaken by the city, with a total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a precedent&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/01/building-a-precedent-architect-wins-in-first-trial-under-expanded-whistleblower-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An architect fired by the city of Alexandria has won the first case under a new whistleblower law that allows state and local government workers to sue for retaliatory job actions under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Attorney Zachary A. Kitts of Fairfax is using the law, adopted in 2011, to seek more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website must identify ‘John Doe’ posters&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/03/website-must-identify-john-doe-posters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alexandria Circuit Court says a Virginia carpet cleaning business may subpoena information on persons who posted anonymous complaints about the business on Yelp.com, a California-based social networking site. The court said it would enforce a subpoena served by the Virginia business on Yelp’s registered agent in Virginia, asking for information about three “John Doe” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to the jury on ‘capacity’ for will&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/14/high-court-clarifies-rule-on-presumptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Justice Donald W. Lemons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call it a finger on the scale of justice. The law sometimes gives an advantage to one side in a lawsuit, allowing a legal “presumption” about some key fact in the case. Presumptions can be overcome, but how much weight it takes, who gets to make the call, and what happens afterward have been open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>89-year-old killed in car crash had been healthy, active for her age &#8211; $525,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/16/89-year-old-killed-in-car-crash-had-been-healthy-active-for-her-age-525000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decedent, an 89-year-old woman, was proceeding through an intersection on a green light. The defendant, a 90-year-old woman, traveling in the opposite direction, failed to yield and made a left turn immediately in front of decedent’ s car. The two vehicles collided. The defendant pled guilty to failure to pay full time and attention. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plaintiff’s damages claims contradicted his bankruptcy petition &#8211; Summary judgment granted&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/04/30/plaintiff%e2%80%99s-damages-claims-contradicted-his-bankruptcy-petition-summary-judgment-granted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defendant attorney represented plaintiff husband in divorce and custody proceedings from 2007 to 2011, which concluded with the wife being awarded full custody of the minor child, and limited visitation rights for the husband. Plaintiff husband sued his attorney, alleging that, because of the defendant’s malpractice: 1. Plaintiff lost custody of his child and as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trust manager sues for fees, gets hit for $13M&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/03/26/trust-manager-sues-for-fees-gets-hit-for-13m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investment manager who sued to get his fees from two trusts not only lost his case, he was hit for more than $13 million on a counterclaim. After a six-day trial, an Alexandria jury found plaintiff John R. Erb liable for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud in his handling of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trustee hit for fraud, breach of contract on counterclaim &#8211; $13,357,000 Verdict for Defendants&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/03/26/trustee-hit-for-fraud-breach-of-contract-on-counterclaim-13357000-verdict-for-defendants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John R. Erb, the sole shareholder, officer and employee of the Alexandria investment management firm of de Teffé Capital Management, Inc., initiated the action by filing suit for trustee’s and investment management fees totaling approximately $1.5 million allegedly earned and deferred by him over the years for services rendered in connection with two irrevocable trusts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driver admitted to texting before collision &#8211; $400,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/03/26/driver-admitted-to-texting-before-collision-400000-settlement/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/03/26/driver-admitted-to-texting-before-collision-400000-settlement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff was driving east on Franklin Street in Old Town Alexandria. Defendant, heading south on Route 1 in a GMC truck, was traveling at 35 mph according to the accident report (actual posted speed limit 25 mph). The defendant ran a red light and smashed into the plaintiff’s vehicle on the driver’s side. Plaintiff was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer mismanaged assets, is convicted of embezzlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/16/lawyer-mismanaged-assets-is-convicted-of-embezzlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Falls Church lawyer has been convicted of embezzlement after being ordered to reimburse more than $275,000 in excess fees she charged for management of an elderly couple’s assets, according the Virginia State Bar and court records. A 2009 report by the Fairfax County commissioner of accounts found Erin Weber Anderson, now known as Erin [...]]]></description>
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