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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an enhanced sentence for Ali Asad Chandia, a member of a “Virginia jihad network” convicted in 2006 for providing material support to the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. Providing “material support” to a terrorist group – for instance, by allegedly seeing that their 21 boxes of paintballs got [...]

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Albert M. Orgain IV, a shareholder in the Richmond office of Sands Anderson, will be among the 2010 class of inductees into the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society’s Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame. According to the VAHS website, the program honors Virginians “who have made significant and lasting contributions to aviation while preserving their stories for [...]

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The Supreme Court of Virginia invited Winchester attorney William A. Crane to write a brief not to exceed 15 pages to explain why he said the court didn’t “have the guts to handle” an issue he raised in an appeal. Crane opted instead for a two-page letter of apology. He’ll get a chance to apologize [...]

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the debut of its latest online feature, “The SCoVA Blog.” Here you’ll find the latest news and in-depth case coverage from the Supreme Court of Virginia, along with full-text .pdfs of opinions and unpublished orders. Recent blog posts include: Reasonableness of water rates argued Was affidavit admitted in [...]

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Whatever staff time went into former Virginia State Bar President Jon Huddleston’s “Virginia is for Good Lawyers” campaign appears to be a bargain. The Wisconsin State Bar spent almost $100,000 in 2007 to buy television ads aimed at improving the public image of lawyers. The program started in 2002 and focuses on lawyers performing community [...]

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“Making law review” may be on students’ minds as the academic year gets underway at Virginia’s eight law schools. Holding an editorial post on a law review is an even bigger boon, and may be essential for students seeking judicial clerkships or academic positions. The top law review posts go disproportionately to male law students, [...]

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Hi-Tech Trucking Inc, a Richmond-area business that delivered seafood to Asian restaurants and markets in the mid-Atlantic, agreed today to forfeit $1.2 million and pay a $100,000 fine for conspiring to harbor illegal aliens. Bao Ping Wang, 44, and Trang “Tammy” Lu, 45, operated the business and another company, SeaLands Food, which distributed the seafood. [...]

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No signpost marks rural Lawyers, Va., but the tiny community once played host to attorneys and judges as they traveled on horseback and train from courthouse to courthouse. In a series on “Legal Destinations,” VLW has highlighted various locations of interest to those in the legal profession. Any Virginia community named “Lawyers” clearly belongs on [...]

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Roanoke U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad is now chief judge for the Western District of Virginia. A federal statute required the change when Judge James Jones reached the age of 70 this year. Conrad ascended to the chief judge’s post in time to preside over the traditional Monticello naturalization ceremony on July 4, according to [...]

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College seniors working on their applications to law school should choose wisely when deciding who to ask for a letter of recommendation. With all the detail work needed for the rest of the application, the requests for recommendations might seem like an afterthought. A recent report from the Kaplan test prep people suggests, however, that [...]

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