The VLW Blog

Two Western District federal judges say they support a proposal for a “re-entry court” where inmates returning to society regularly report on their progress in group meetings with the judges.  Both Chief U.S. District Judge James P. Jones and District Judge Samuel G. Wilson have asked the district probation office to set up a re-entry [...]

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Richmond federal judges have some observations about the new courthouse at Seventh and Broad streets on the Richmond Bar Association’s Web site. The judges think the new courtrooms are more lawyer and juror friendly, with better acoustics and technology. They encouraged attorneys to visit the courtrooms and familiarize themselves with that technology before trying to [...]

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Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase Inc., came to Richmond yesterday to talk about the company’s contract for legal research service with the Virginia State Bar, which is up for renewal in February. A VSB task force, headed by president-elect Jon Huddleston, began several months ago to review complaints by Virginia Beach lawyer Kevin Martingayle and [...]

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The trouble is well into six figures for two Northern Virginia restaurateurs and their associates who were held liable this year for stealing the style and the recipes of a popular chain of Buffalo wing restaurants.  U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris yesterday entered judgment for a total of nearly $270,000 against a variety of [...]

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Everette Antwon Burrell caught a break with a boot-camp sentence early in his criminal career, but that sentence came back to haunt him years later. Burrell was sentenced to boot camp for a 1993 drug conviction. When he came up for sentencing in Richmond federal court for a later cocaine conviction, the district court said [...]

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Ever heard a comedian tell a joke you heard somewhere else? Turns out, there’s a whole series of unwritten rules that, more or less, govern the otherwise-lawless world of stand up comedy material. Now, two University of Virginia law professors have taken a scholarly look at how the people who make us laugh avoid killing [...]

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LaBravia Jenkins can keep her work address.  The appointed Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fredericksburg was elected by the voters Tuesday, defeating two other contenders.  As reported by The Free Lance-Star, it was a close vote. By Peter Vieth

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Electing three new judges in Norfolk in the next session of the General Assembly apparently won’t be a repeat of the battle to fill three circuit court vacancies there that occurred this year. Sources say the delegation has agreed on: – Mary Jane Hall, who is of counsel in the Norfolk office of Kaufman & [...]

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The recount court has proclaimed Democratic challenger Tom Perriello the victor over Republican incumbent Virgil Goode in the recount of the vote in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. “Having determined that Tom S. Perriello has received the highest number of votes, this court declares that he is elected as the representative of the 5th District,” Judge [...]

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The judicial system appears to have escaped unscathed from the latest round of budget cuts announced today by Gov. Tim Kaine. Kaine did not mention the court system in his remarks to the legislative money committees, and a quick check of the budget adjustments released at the time of the speech did not disclose any [...]

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