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For those tempted to finish this sentence with descriptions of quick departures or dismemberment, it might be enlightening to hear what a pair of experienced divorce lawyers would say to the bride of the Tiger. Kristen and Charles Hofheimer of Virginia Beach have provided just such counsel in a blog post here, based on Virginia [...]

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The Virginia State Golf association has presented its annual Service to Golf award to Richmond lawyer Steve Isaacs, who has a solo practice in addition to being director of the character and fitness committee of the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners. A winner of the Virginia Intercollegiate Golf Championship during his student days at the [...]

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Justice comes with a big price tag for a group of ex-military types who sold 10 million gallons of U.S. fuel on the black market in Iraq. U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton imposed a four-year sentence and a $66,500 forfeiture Friday for a former Navy officer convicted of helping to steal the fuel from a [...]

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The Roanoke landowner whose property was condemned, presumably for expansion of a privately-owned medical complex, is asking a judge to reconsider a key ruling in the case. After Roanoke Circuit Judge William Broadhurst ruled against the owner last month, word came that neither the medical business nor the city had any real interest in the [...]

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Ten months after someone shot and injured Leesburg lawyer Todd Sanders as he worked late in his office, police say they’re still looking for the assailant. A spokesman for the Leesburg police department said the investigation of the February incident is “very much ongoing.” Sanders is a former Fairfax prosecutor who also worked for a [...]

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The judge may have squashed the ambitious plan to turn one man’s state lottery lawsuit into a class action, but a claim of unfair scratcher games remains pending in Richmond Circuit Court, reports the plaintiff’s lawyer. John Fishwick said discovery is underway on the contract claim that remains in his client’s suit against the Virginia [...]

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It’s “Happy Holidays” for a couple of employment discrimination plaintiffs whose cases were revived by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in recent days. A former Unisys Corporation employee said the trial court was too quick to pull the Twombly trigger when it dismissed her Title VII gender, age discrimination and § 1981 retaliation [...]

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We learn today that the expensive-looking “Patek Philippe” watch surrendered last week by White House party crasher Tareq Salahi to cover a judgment for lawn care fees was just a fake. The Northern Virginia Daily reports the appraisal came back from a jewelers describing the watch as an imitation, worth about $100. Salahi was ordered [...]

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Today’s VLW Daily Alert noted a lawsuit faulting Virginia Tech officials for their response to threats of suicide from a student who ended up taking his own life two years ago. From The Roanoke Times , we now learn the lawsuit ad damnum in the case of Daniel Kim is $43 million.  The lawsuit also [...]

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A legal malpractice matter arising out of the multi-million dollar BlackBerry settlement is back in Virginia federal court. An Alexandria district court dismissed the dispute that arose when Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company denied coverage to the Arlington patent law firm that shared in a $613 million settlement of a case against Research In Motion. [...]

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