2009: The Year in Review 
By Paul Fletcher
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: Year in Review
It was a tough year that most people – and most lawyers and law firms – will be glad to consign to the dustbin of history.
According to the University of Virginia law school survey we wrote about just last week, after all the economic turmoil, a lot of people feel like something in law practice [...]
Looking Back at 2009: Top News Stories
By Alan Cooper
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: Year in Review
The turmoil that resulted from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts was the top legal story in Virginia in 2009.
The 5-4 decision in June required a special session of the General Assembly and continues to vex judges, legislators, prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys – not to mention the Virginia Department of Forensic [...]
Looking Back at 2009: Top Supreme Court Cases
By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: Supreme Court of Virginia, Year in Review
Virginia’s highest court is in transition. By early 2011, we may see four new justices on the seven-member court, in a little more than three years’ time.
The two newest justices, LeRoy F. Millette Jr. from the Court of Appeals in 2008 and S. Bernard Goodwyn from Chesapeake Circuit Court in 2007, joined the Supreme Court [...]
Looking Back at 2009: Top Daily Alert Items
By Peter Vieth
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: Year in Review
Virginia lawyers keep track of what’s going on every business day with Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s Daily Alert, an e-mail message that provides links to news and court opinions of interest to the legal community. We regularly watch and note which Alert items generate the most interest. The following are the 20 hottest Daily Alert clicks [...]
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