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		<title>Plaintiff fails to respond to discovery in malpractice suit &#8211; Defense Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/08/plaintiff-fails-to-respond-to-discovery-in-malpractice-suit-defense-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This matter involved legal malpractice suits against two defendants &#8211; an associate and her law firm &#8211; for alleged malpractice in an underlying domestic relations case. Plaintiff alleged defendant associate failed to properly oppose motion to withdraw stipulation in the underlying domestic relations case. Plaintiff further alleged defendant’s law firm was liable via respondeat superior. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Litigation pitfalls and pratfalls&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/10/litigation-pitfalls-and-pratfalls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers can find plenty of ways to stay out of a courtroom. Instead of the hand-to-hand combat of a trial before judge or jury, they can opt for some form of alternative dispute resolution. But the lure of the courtroom stays strong, for a whole class of litigators and for those who just enjoy stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court reconsiders rules on lawyer ads&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/30/supreme-court-reconsiders-rules-on-lawyer-ads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two days before new rules on lawyer advertising in Virginia were scheduled to take effect, the Supreme Court of Virginia abruptly dropped the planned revision. In a Nov. 29 order, the court “vacated and set aside” its Sept. 18 approval of modifications to the lawyer advertising rules. Those modifications were scheduled to take effect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Will Discovery Means No Malpractice Damages&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/26/new-will-discovery-means-no-malpractice-damages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Claude M. Hilton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A law firm accused of malpractice after it sued for its fees for representing plaintiffs in a will contest wins summary judgment in the Alexandria U.S. District Court; the former client has failed to show she sustained any damages as a result of the alleged malpractice, as a later will admitted to probate operates in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real estate is riskiest practice area, ABA survey finds&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/19/real-estate-is-riskiest-practice-area-aba-survey-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/19/real-estate-is-riskiest-practice-area-aba-survey-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dolan Media Newswires</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal malpractice insurers for the first time are reporting a higher percentage of claims involving real estate than any other practice area, according to a new survey from the American Bar Association. But real estate’s “first-place finish” may be due in part to a decline in alleged malpractice by personal injury practitioners, explained the authors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divorce client wins verdict on equitable distribution claim &#8211; $167,744 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/20/divorce-client-wins-verdict-on-equitable-distribution-claim-167744-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plaintiff alleged that the defendants, who were plaintiff’s counsel in his divorce and equitable distribution litigation between 2002 and 2005, failed to present evidence and argument to the court which would have resulted in five residential properties acquired during the marriage being classified as entirely plaintiff’s separate property, or part-marital/part-separate. The defendants claimed (1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large claims against law firms increase, study says&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/09/large-claims-against-law-firms-increase-study-says/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/07/09/large-claims-against-law-firms-increase-study-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dolan Media Newswires</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of big-figure malpractice claims against law firms has increased, according to a new insurance industry survey. “Claims severity has increased significantly in the last year,” said Eileen Garczynski, author of “Lawyers’ Professional Liability Claims Trends: 2012.” Garczynski is a vice president for insurance broker Ames &#38; Gough, which released the new survey. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When facing trouble, who are the lawyers that other lawyers hire?&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/11/when-facing-trouble-who-are-the-lawyers-that-other-lawyers-hire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawyer in trouble – whether being sued for malpractice, charged with a crime or threatened with bar discipline – faces that moment where he or she has to decide: “Who you gonna call?” The well-regarded lawyers who get those calls, to represent judges and other lawyers, say they are honored to be in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearsay through the grapevine&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/04/hearsay-through-the-grapevine/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/04/hearsay-through-the-grapevine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rumors started to swirl just as jury selection got underway, rumors that the defendant company had spurned an offer to just “walk away” from the whole messy lawsuit. The purported offer, coming three years before trial, would have let both sides walk away from the suit with no exchange of money. Maybe the rumors [...]]]></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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