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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Judge Randy I. Bellows</title>
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		<title>Rules of Evidence a ‘sea change’ for trial practice&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/11/rules-of-evidence-a-sea-change-for-trial-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judging from the recent buzz, it looks like Virginia lawyers are just beginning to grapple with the difference the new Virginia Rules of Evidence, effective July 1, will make at trial. The new Rules represent a “sea change” in trial practice, according to one expert. Having  a black-and-white rule in an evidence code will put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plaintiff claimed unauthorized practice of medicine to avoid the cap &#8211; Defense Verdict&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Planicka, DDS, suffered a severe heart attack in 2005 at age 65, after which he received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). In May 2010, at age 70, he presented to Inova Fairfax Hospital for replacement of the ICD generator. The attending anesthesiologist and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) met with the patient before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Failure to Screen’ Claim Dismissed&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/22/%e2%80%98failure-to-screen%e2%80%99-claim-dismissed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fairfax Circuit Court rejects a negligence claim against a company that screens job applicants for allegedly missing the “extensive” criminal record of a leasing agent hired by a Falls Church apartment complex, who later was sentenced to the death penalty for the murder of a tenant at the complex. The issue is whether an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episcopal church wins control of state churches&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/01/17/episcopal-church-wins-control-of-state-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFAX (AP) The Episcopal Church should be restored as the owner of several historic churches in Virginia, a Fairfax circuit judge has ruled, years after the denomination was essentially evicted by local congregations dismayed with Episcopal leadership’s liberal theology. In a 113-page ruling issued Tuesday night, Fairfax Circuit Judge Randy Bellows reversed a ruling he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suit against job-applicant screener dismissed&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/01/10/suit-against-job-applicant-screener-dismissed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fairfax Circuit Court has rejected a negligence claim against a company that screens job applicants for allegedly missing the “extensive” criminal record of a leasing agent hired by a Falls Church apartment complex. The company, Liberty Screening Services Ltd., allegedly did the background check on Mark Lawlor before he was hired as a leasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fitness Club Employee Fired for No ‘Fight Night’&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fairfax Circuit Court says an employee terminated from his employment at a fitness club is barred by misconduct from collecting unemployment compensation through the Virginia Employment Commission, as he was terminated for his failure to plan and promote a “fight night” charity event at the club. The issue here is whether there is sufficient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man seeks divorce, is told he never was married&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/10/14/man-seeks-divorce-is-told-he-never-was-married/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fairfax County man who asked for a divorce instead got a court ruling that he was never married in the first place, with the judge finding he and his “wife” displayed “a complete lack of good faith” when they took their vows. The judge determined neither “husband” nor “wife” believed they were really entering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Background Screener Faces Negligence Claim&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/10/06/background-screener-faces-negligence-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this first-impression case, a Fairfax Circuit Court says the estate of a young woman murdered in her Falls Church apartment by the apartment’s leasing agent may amend her complaint to state a negligence claim against the company that allegedly performed the background check on the leasing agent and missed his criminal background including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Condo Association Can’t Assess ‘Paperwork’ Fines&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/07/06/condo-association-can%e2%80%99t-assess-%e2%80%98paperwork%e2%80%99-fines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A condominium association for a low-income public housing complex does not have authority under its Master Deed, its Bylaws or under Va. Code § 55-79.80:2 to assess more than $20,000 in fines against a plaintiff tenant for failing to properly submit certain paperwork and purported rules violations, says a Fairfax Circuit Court. Condominium instruments define [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted on Petitioner’s Strickland Claim&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/07/06/writ-of-habeas-corpus-granted-on-petitioner%e2%80%99s-strickland-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fairfax Circuit Court grants a writ of habeas corpus on petitioner’s Strickland claim based on his assertion that he would not have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession had his lawyer not advised him the conviction would not affect his legal immigration status; even before Padilla, a Virginia lawyer who affirmatively undertook to advise [...]]]></description>
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