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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Judge Henry F. Floyd</title>
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		<title>U.S. appeals panel ponders: what is a pirate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(AP) — In the violent world of piracy, Mohammad Saaili Shibin was a multilingual negotiator based in lawless Somalia, working his cellphone to negotiate multimillion-dollar ransoms for merchant ships and sailors that dared to venture into pirate-infested international waters off Africa. Does that make him guilty of piracy? The question was the central argument May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIA Cites Improved Conditions in Peru&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/03/bia-cites-improved-conditions-in-peru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Peruvian petitioner loses his appeal of a BIA decision that says he must be deported despite his fear of torture by government officials for his trial testimony about a police officer murdering petitioner’s companion; the 4th Circuit upholds the BIA decision based on current conditions in Peru, evidence of petitioner’s past torture and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Recipients Win Injunction With Remand&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/14/medicaid-recipients-win-injunction-with-remand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Circuit says a district court did not err in granting a preliminary injunction to a class of Medicaid recipients challenging the state legislature’s decision to limit their access to in-home Personal Care Services, but the case is remanded for the district court to spell out details – including the need for security – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Finance Law Partly Upheld&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/23/campaign-finance-law-partly-upheld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a challenge by plaintiff advocacy groups, the Center for Individual Freedom and West Virginians for Life, to the district court’s decision interpreting West Virginia’s statutory scheme to regulate advocacy groups’ spending in political campaigns, the 4th Circuit upholds the district court decision to strike periodicals from the definition of “electioneering communications” and upholds the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sentence Enhancement for Prior Child Abuse&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/16/no-sentence-enhancement-for-prior-child-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A district court erred in enhancing a defendant’s sentence for illegal reentry into the U.S. by determining her prior child abuse conviction to be an aggravated felony; the 4th Circuit joins the majority of its sister circuits and says the “modified categorical approach” for evaluating a defendant’s prior conviction as a crime of violence should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gang Members’ RICO Convictions Upheld&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/02/gang-members-rico-convictions-upheld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Circuit rejects claims of error by two defendants convicted of a RICO conspiracy for their participation in criminal activities of the Tree Top Piru gang, a prison-based subset of the Bloods gang that developed in the Maryland prison system. The grand jury charged defendants Anthony Fleming and Tavon Mouzone with conspiracy to participate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Claim for Violent Offender Parole Denial&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/11/no-claim-for-violent-offender-parole-denial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff Virginia inmates have not stated due process and ex post facto claims against defendant members of the Virginia Parole Board in their official capacities for an alleged policy of denying parole to parole-eligible inmates convicted of violent offenses; the 4th Circuit affirms dismissal of the inmates’ complaint. Plaintiffs assert the board has implemented an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCarran Act No Bar to Arbitration&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/11/mccarran-act-no-bar-to-arbitration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Circuit upholds a district court order requiring a South Carolina manufacturer facing multi-million dollar products liability claims to arbitrate a coverage dispute with an insurance carrier under a foreign arbitration agreement, and remanding certain non-arbitrable claims to state court. Plaintiff ESAB Group contends South Carolina law “reverse preempts” federal law – namely, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor’s Comments Not Error&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/05/22/prosecutor%e2%80%99s-comments-not-error/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/05/22/prosecutor%e2%80%99s-comments-not-error/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prosecutor’s references to defendants as “liars” was not plain error, in light of precedent from other appellate courts, and the 4th Circuit affirms defendant’s conviction for making a false entry in a bankruptcy-related document. Defendant was convicted of making, or aiding and abetting his codefendant in making, a false entry in a bankruptcy-related document, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Notice’ Works for TILA Rescission Right&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/05/15/%e2%80%98notice%e2%80%99-works-for-tila-rescission-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A homeowner may exercise a right to rescind a mortgage transaction under the Truth in Lending Act by notifying the creditor within the three-year period; the owner is not required to file a lawsuit within the three-year window to exercise the rescission right, and the 4th Circuit reverses a contrary district court decision on a [...]]]></description>
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