The VLW Blog

The Greenbrier Hotel Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. bankruptcy court in Richmond, but hopes to continue operations without any changes, according to a company news release. The popular West Virginia resort seeks approval of a plan that would transfer its assets to Marriott Hotel Services, Inc. with near-term operations financed [...]

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The Virginia Court of Appeals will hear arguments next month in the case of a man seeking release from prison based on new testimony from his co-defendant. Dustin Turner, a former Navy SEAL trainee, has been serving an 82-year prison sentence for murder in the 1995 killing of Jennifer Evans outside a Virginia Beach nightclub, [...]

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West Virginia’s governor has turned to Donald Trump as a possible purchaser of the famed Greenbrier resort, a favorite meeting spot for Virginia legal groups. Gov. Joe Manchin tells the Associated Press Trump is one of several potential buyers he’s approached on behalf of The Greenbrier.  Trump returned Manchin’s phone call late last week.  The [...]

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Founders of the Innocence Project will receive the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Foundation medal in law. Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld created the Innocence Project in 1992 as a nonprofit legal clinic in New York City, according to the U.Va. Web site. The organization advocates for post-conviction DNA testing to exonerate the wrongfully convicted [...]

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The third annual Legal Food Frenzy will run from March 30 through April 10 with a goal of raising 1.5 million pounds of food to be distributed through the state’s regional food banks. Firms interested in participating can register online at the event’s Web site. The first Food Frenzy generated 679,000 pounds of food, and [...]

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A credit reporting service has escaped the Matrix for payment of attorney’s fees for violating federal fair credit reporting statutes. The popular “Laffey Matrix” schedule is used in the Washington, D.C., area to award attorney’s fees. For the second time in a year, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has told NoVa lawyers they [...]

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Buddhist monks in Virginia Beach have settled their lawsuit against the city over religious services at a home in a residential neighborhood. Under the settlement filed in federal court Monday, the City Council will consider giving the monks a permit to hold Sunday services at their home, for no more than 20 people at a [...]

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Justice is finally served for a Maryland man whose body was found in Loudoun County thirteen years ago. Nancy Jean Siegel, a woman who allegedly spent much of her life stealing and spending other people’s money, has been convicted of murder in a Baltimore courtroom. A U.S. District Court jury found Siegel guilty on 20 [...]

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Americans today do not make the kinds of sacrifices their forebears did, laments U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in an appearance yesterday at Washington & Lee University. Justice Thomas rarely makes public speeches, the Associated Press reports, but was persuaded to accept the one from Washington & Lee student Robin Wright. He had met [...]

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As you celebrate later today, raise a glass of green beer to those dedicated folks who keep the commonwealth’s courts running despite a shortage of jurisprudence and an excess of water. In Augusta County general district court, it’s the lack of a full time judge that has staffers scrambling to  keep the court’s 2,000 cases [...]

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