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		<title>Judge choices dominate legal highlights for 2012&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judges and judgeships again made headlines in Virginia legal news in 2012, with the General Assembly earning national attention with its rejection of an openly gay candidate for a general district court seat. The leading VLW story was a report that, in a year of austerity, legislators with access to the budget process managed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules of Evidence a ‘sea change’ for trial practice&#160;</title>
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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>Assembly approves Rules of Evidence&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After what one sponsor termed a “roller coaster” ride in the final days of the session, the 2012 General Assembly approved the creation of a unified set of evidence rules for Virginia courts. Approval of an official Rules of Evidence for Virginia follows about 18 years of discussion and planning. Enactment of the evidence rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence rules pass Senate, stall in House&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation to adopt Rules of Evidence for Virginia passed the full Senate Feb. 6 and was pending in the House Courts of Justice committee at week’s end after stalling briefly in the House evidence subcommittee. The subcommittee retooled the measure to firm up legislative control of the process for changing the rules over time, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill planned to adopt Rules of Evidence&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/12/06/bill-planned-to-adopt-rules-of-evidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Code Commission is moving forward with adoption of the Virginia Rules of Evidence, and they’re prepared to call in reinforcements to make their case to members of the General Assembly. On Dec. 5, the commission voted unanimously to support legislation to adopt the Rules of Evidence in the 2012 General Assembly. Sen. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kinser: Don’t tinker with Rules of Evidence&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROANOKE&#8211;Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser urged the General Assembly to vote thumbs-up or down on the court’s newly endorsed Rules of Evidence without any tweaking of individual rules. The court presented the rules to the Virginia Code Commission earlier this month, and in remarks to the Roanoke Bar Association Tuesday, Kinser said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia high court resurrects Rules of Evidence&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/10/04/virginia-high-court-resurrects-rules-of-evidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia’s code of evidence emerged from the shadows and came blinking into the sunlight yesterday. The Supreme Court of Virginia has approved “Virginia Rules of Evidence,” clearing the way for enactment of a state code of evidence during the 2012 legislative session. High court opposition has stymied adoption of official Rules of Evidence in Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The long and winding road&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few states began to adopt codes of evidence in the 1940s and 1950s, based on a Model Code of Evidence, according to University of Virginia law professor Kent Sinclair. After the U.S. Congress enacted a federal code of evidence, the pace quickened for states adopting their own codes, which often are organized along the [...]]]></description>
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