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A Vermont judge today said he would give Lisa Miller 30 days to appear with her 7-year-old daughter before he would consider ordering her jailed for contempt, reports the Associated Press . Miller, whose last known address is in Bedford County, is the biological mother of the girl at the center of a two-state custody [...]

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In other Virginia cases decided this week by the 4th Circuit in unpublished opinions: In a case arising from a fatal workplace assault at a Harrisonburg home medical services company, the 4th Circuit, in Admiral Ins. Co. v. Ace American Ins. Co., upheld a federal district court decision that a CGL carrier who participated in [...]

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Remember the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee case from the 1990s? Virginia has been brewing its own burn case against McDonald’s since 2005, and now the 4th Circuit has ordered a new trial for a man who alleges burns from fast food. Boasting its own Wikipedia entry, the hot-coffee incident at an Albuquerque McDonald’s in 1992 [...]

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When working women – from CEOs to secretaries – meet to network, balancing “work v. life” issues is one topic that is sure to break the ice. Carol Evans, CEO and president of Working Mother Media, invites every woman in the daily struggle to consider herself an “extraordinary woman.” That was Evans’ pitch today at [...]

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The Virginia Beach Bar Association’s Judicial Recommendations Panel met earlier this week to interview and evaluate candidates for two judgeships, one a circuit court seat, previously held by Judge A. Joseph Canada Jr., and the other a general district court position, previously held by Judge Virginia L. Cochran. The results are in. Three candidates were [...]

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A Front Royal lawyer who serves on the town council has caused a stir by striking up a conversation with a circuit judge about a hot local tax case. The lawyer-councilman, Thomas Sayre , said it was just an innocent inquiry about whether the judge had issued a written ruling. The judge apparently didn’t see [...]

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Gov. Bob McDonnell named two lawyers to senior-level positions today: Matt Cobb, who will be deputy secretary of Health and Human Resources, and Rick Holcomb, who returns to the position of commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Cobb joined the Attorney General’s office in 2003 as an assistant AG, serving under four different attorneys [...]

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Gov. Bob McDonnell last night wrote to the U.S. attorney general in an effort to revoke former Gov. Kaine’s request for the transfer of convicted killer Jens Soering to a German prison. McDonnell’s letter to Attorney General Eric Holder is here . McDonnell said he consulted with law enforcement officials who opposed the transfer: I [...]

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One New York personal injury law firm is stepping out from the crowd by running TV ads making fun of people who exaggerate their injuries.  Maybe they’re even mocking some of their competitors’ ads.  Here’s an example: Another video from Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman: By Peter Vieth

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Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan will keynote this year’s annual Bench-Bar Dinner in Celebration of Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession, put on by the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference. The dinner will be held next Monday, Jan. 25, at the Bull & Bear Club in downtown Richmond. The event will honor [...]

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