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		<title>‘Grabbing’ Officer’s Hand Not ‘Violent’ Crime&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Circuit grants an Afghan citizen’s petition for review of a final order of removal, and says the government failed to prove that his act of “grabbing” the hand of a police officer who was processing his Maryland DUI charge was not a “crime of violence” and thus an “aggravated felony” that would trigger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lien-Stripping Approved in Chapter 20 Cases&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a “Chapter 20” bankruptcy case – a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filed within four years of a Chapter 7 discharge – there is no per se rule barring lien-stripping, and the 4th Circuit affirms an order stripping off liens secured by collateral with no value to support them in this suit involving debtors’ residences. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court strikes down Virginia anti-sodomy law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(AP) The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Virginia anti-sodomy law that remains on the books a decade after a similar Texas statute was invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 2-1 ruling March 12, a panel of the 4th Circuit declared that Virginia’s law against oral and anal sex violates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denial of Gender Surgery States Claim&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/29/denial-of-gender-surgery-states-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Virginia inmate who has the condition of Gender Identity Disorder has stated an Eighth Amendment claim for defendant Department of Corrections’ denial of her request for gender reassignment surgery, and the complaint survives screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, the 4th Circuit says. The sole issue before us is whether plaintiff’s complaint states a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowner’s ‘Screwed’ Sign Struck&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/23/homeowners-screwed-sign-struck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A resident of Cary, N.C., loses his constitutional challenge to a local sign ordinance, cited by the town to demand removal of a sign painted on the resident’s house saying “Screwed by the Town of Cary”; the 4th Circuit reverses the district court decision for the resident, and says the Cary sign ordinance is content [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manslaughter Conviction Upheld in Traffic Death&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/07/manslaughter-conviction-upheld-in-traffic-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A driver’s conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her passenger in a one-car accident on a National Park Service parkway is affirmed by the 4th Circuit, based on evidence of her conduct and her blood alcohol content after the accident. The government charged defendant with homicide during the commission of an unlawful act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders a 20-year ban in trade secrets case&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/17/judge-orders-a-20-year-ban-in-trade-secrets-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a rapid volley of court actions, a Korean company fighting a $920 million judgment for theft of trade secrets was hit with a “devastating” 20-year ban on sales of its body armor product, and then promptly won a stay of that injunction from a federal appeals court. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officer’s Speed Estimate Supported Traffic Stop&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/16/officers-speed-estimate-supported-traffic-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Circuit upholds a traffic stop based on two officers’ separate visual estimates of defendant’s speed, as the officers’ radar certification training required them to visually estimate vehicle speed within a narrow margin of error; the subsequent open-air search by a drug-sniffing dog did not violate defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights, and his convictions for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enhancement Upheld for ‘Generic’ Burglary&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/30/enhancement-upheld-for-generic-burglary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A defendant convicted of illegal entry can have his sentence enhanced for his prior Texas conviction for burglary of a habitation, which the 4th Circuit says satisfies the definition of generic burglary under Taylor v. U.S., 495 U.S. 575 (1990). When defendant pleaded guilty to illegal entry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326, the district court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer’s mistake not a Fair Debt violation&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/23/lawyers-mistake-not-a-fair-debt-violation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Alexandria lawyer who mistakenly sought attorney’s fees in a collection case is safe from an accusation that he violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The “bona fide error defense” protected the lawyer from suit, even though the nursing home services contract he sought to enforce had expired, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of [...]]]></description>
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