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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; IOLTA</title>
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		<title>IOLTA bill killed for 2013 session&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/31/iolta-bill-killed-for-2013-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A compromise bill to remove barriers to automatic use of attorney trust accounts to generate funding for legal aid cleared a House of Delegates Courts Committee only to be killed by its sponsor on the floor of the House. House Bill 1544 would have removed a ban on requiring the use of interest on lawyers’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fee hike could halt staff cuts&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/01/02/fee-hike-could-halt-staff-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal aid advocates will ask the Virginia General Assembly next month to approve a temporary $4 filing fee increase for civil actions to make up for some of the cuts in federal grants that support legal aid offices around the state. The Assembly also will again be asked to remove a barrier to mandatory collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effort to reinstate mandatory IOLTA dies in House committee&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/02/28/effort-to-reinstate-mandatory-iolta-dies-in-house-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effort in the 2011 General Assembly to revive mandatory IOLTA is dead for the time being. Proponents of reinstating mandatory IOLTA as a tool to raise money for legal aid failed to clear the first hurdle – lifting the ban on the concept the Assembly imposed in 1995. The fight over IOLTA strained relations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOLTA bill headed to Senate floor&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/26/iolta-bill-headed-to-senate-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill to allow for mandatory use of interest on lawyers’ trust accounts is on its way to full Virginia Senate. Despite concerns about possible burdens on solo and small-firm lawyers, and despite the death of a companion bill in the House, the Senate Courts committee voted 8-to-5 Wednesday to report the mandatory IOLTA bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VLW IOLTA Poll: Majority backs change&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/26/vlw-iolta-poll-majority-backs-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Virginia Lawyers Weekly featured a Web poll asking our readers what they thought of the proposal to reestablish mandatory IOLTA in the commonwealth. Sixty-seven respondents weighed in, a 74.6 percent majority favoring the repeal of a 1995 statute that has allowed lawyers to decide whether their client trust accounts will bear interest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One IOLTA bill fails, another survives in subcommittee votes&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/25/one-iolta-bill-fails-another-survives-in-subcommittee-votes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerns about advocacy efforts funded by the Legal Services Corp. of Virginia led to defeat for a House of Delegates bill aimed at restoring mandatory IOLTA in Virginia. That’s the word from bill sponsor Del. Bill Cleaveland. He said he prepared for opposition from the banks, but was surprised to hear criticism at a subcommittee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in GDC jurisdiction, IOLTA bill advance&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/21/increase-in-gdc-jurisdiction-iolta-bill-advance/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/21/increase-in-gdc-jurisdiction-iolta-bill-advance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal to raise the jurisdictional limit for civil cases from $15,000 to $25,000 cleared the civil subcommittee of the Senate Courts of Justice Committee yesterday. Senate Bill 774, patroned by A. Donald McEachin, D-Richmond, had the support of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia Bar Association, the Virginia Bankers Association and such high-volume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New IOLTA debate looms&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/14/new-iolta-debate-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/14/new-iolta-debate-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1995, the Dow was at 4,000. Windows 95 was the latest operating system. America Online, with its cheerful “You’ve got mail!” refrain, ruled the Internet. The country mourned the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. Forrest Gump won the Academy Award for Best Picture. And the General Assembly put an end to mandatory IOLTA [...]]]></description>
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