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State facing over three dozen judicial vacancies

By Peter Vieth
Published: February 8, 2012
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Without extra funding, Virginia courts will be shorthanded by at least 37 judges by the end of this year, with another 12 mandatory retirements coming in 2013, the Supreme Court of Virginia has told state legislators.
The numbers are included in the court’s presentation to members of the General Assembly’s money committees as they consider how [...]

Courts want to keep building option, tech fees (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: February 6, 2012
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The Supreme Court of Virginia is pushing back against an effort to strip judges of their power to order courthouse construction.
A state Senate bill aimed at easing financial burdens on localities includes a provision intended to restrict the ability of judges to order building of new courthouses.
The bill is based on a governor’s task force [...]

Bill seeks bar membership for law profs, court won’t block (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: January 12, 2012
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Some Virginia law professors would be eligible to practice law even though they have not passed the bar exam under a bill introduced at the General Assembly.
The proposal has been advanced by Washington & Lee University law Prof. A. Benjamin Spencer with the backing of the Virginia State Bar Council and several statewide bar groups. [...]

Va. justices to consider AG’s quest for records

By The Associated Press
Published: January 12, 2012
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(AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s demand for documents related to a former University of Virginia climate-change researcher’s work.
The hearing is set for Thursday.
Cuccinelli is seeking emails and other documents as part of his investigation into whether Michael Mann, who now works at Penn [...]

Looking back on 2011: The year in legal news (access required)

By Paul Fletcher and Peter Vieth
Published: December 12, 2011
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The reversal of a 20-year-old noncompete case lead the case news from Virginia Lawyers in 2011. Much of the first half of year featured news from the General Assembly.
Officials at the Virginia State Bar sparred with legislators over $5 million that Gov. Bob McDonnell wanted to take. And the Hernandez case – which allowed judges [...]

Courts speak, lawyers listen (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 12, 2011
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A Virginia Supreme Court case that struck a noncompete clause used by a pest control company – the same clause upheld by the high court over 20 years ago – caused the most buzz during 2011 among Virginia lawyers who track legal developments through their blogs.
Court watchers were charmed by the facts in Home Paramount [...]

Court kills system with traffic defendant info (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: December 9, 2011
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By Peter Vieth
The Supreme Court of Virginia is cutting access to a key source of potential clients for traffic and criminal lawyers.
The end of the court’s Law Office Public Access System (“LOPAS”) later this month could make it more costly for high volume law practices to get mailing lists of people charged with traffic [...]

Appeal examines lawyer testimony against client (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: December 7, 2011
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A Virginia Supreme Court panel is considering whether to allow an appeal in a case where a Newport News man was convicted of a shooting based largely on the testimony of his former defense attorney.
If interest by a justice at a writ panel hearing is any indication, Mario Turner should get a hearing by the [...]

High court to hear case on ‘civil death penalty’ (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: December 1, 2011
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A group of business litigators hopes the Supreme Court of Virginia will save them from a “civil death penalty” imposed by a Richmond judge as punishment for discovery abuse, leading to an $11.75 million judgment.
Richmond Circuit Judge Margaret P. Spencer dropped the hammer on defendant Cristol LLC and four of its members when 1,044 pages [...]

High court mulls changes in wake of angry reaction to VSB proposal (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: November 28, 2011
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The Supreme Court of Virginia is considering whether to change some of the rules that apply to lawyers who become members of other states’ bars, then seek to “waive in” or obtain admission “on motion” to the Virginia State Bar.
A VSB plan to revamp procedures for policing those lawyers who produced such an outcry that [...]

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