The VLW Blog

The Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board has postponed until Nov. 1, 2011, the effective date of its requirement for four hours of interactive CLE. Earlier this year, the board adopted a regulation effective Nov. 1 that requires lawyers to get a third of their 12-hour annual CLE hours from programs that provide the opportunity for [...]

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Here’s a tip for male lawyers on the road: So you packed those fancy shirts for your out-of-town hearing, but you forgot to throw in a pair of plastic collar stays to keep the tips of the collar from going airborne. Since you normally wear button-downs, packing collar stays just was not on your travel [...]

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“Body, unity, love, lust and soul.” If it sounds like a modern marketing campaign, it is. It represents the five-point star of the Bounty Hunter Bloods street gang. Gang member Gary Toliver sports some of these values as body art. Police took pictures of his eight tattoos after his arrest in 2008, and the photos [...]

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The Virginia State Bar has posted for comment proposed changes to the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education rule. As we reported earlier this month, a task force appointed by immediate-past VSB President Jon D. Huddleston has recommended that VSB Council have the final say on rules and regulations adopted by the MCLE Board. The issue came [...]

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Oh, those lists and rankings. They’re irresistible. Today’s entry comes from Vault.com, which has just released its latest “Prestige” index of the “Top 100 Law Firms for 2011.” According to Vault’s January-through-April survey of 15,000 law associates, New York law firms still have a lock on the top rankings, notwithstanding attrition in the associate ranks. [...]

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In late March, Norfolk U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith dismissed a builder’s suit seeking insurance coverage for its proactive efforts to remediate the noxious effects of Chinese drywall in homes it built. Smith said that builder Dragas Management Corporation, who voluntarily fixed drywall-related problems in customers’ homes, was not entitled to reimbursement from its [...]

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“Something that was lost has now been found,” said Henrico Circuit Judge Gary Hicks as he finalized the adoption of Nehemiah Christopher into Terrence and Bridget Allen’s family on July 16. Upon entering the courtroom, no one could have guessed this little boy had ever been alone. But in August 2009 someone left him naked [...]

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A three-judge disciplinary panel Monday found no evidence of improper witness coaching against York County Commonwealth’s Attorney Eileen Addison. After hearing the case presented by Virginia State Bar lawyers, the panel dismissed misconduct charges that arose from a 1996 capital murder case, reports the Daily Press. The ruling ends what had been scheduled as a [...]

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In the memorable 1998 flick, “The Parent Trap,” Lindsay Lohan starred as an innocent 12-year-old who embarks on a plot to make her parents fall in love again. However, Lindsay Lohan has greatly changed since 1998. Along with a new sense of fashion, ongoing partying, and a long rap sheet, the actress has found herself [...]

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Some lawyers say the clerk’s method of filing documents at Charlottesville Circuit Court makes searches difficult. Clerk Paul Garrett apparently has his office index matters beginning with the phrase “In re” if that’s how the document is titled, reports The Daily Progress. Including the “In re” prefix requires searchers to add that phrase to find [...]

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