The VLW Blog

It’s not just “heads on the beds” that count when a bankruptcy court is trying to determine “household” size for a Chapter 13 debtor who shares joint custody of two children with her ex-husband. A better count comes from an “economic unit” analysis, according to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court’s July [...]

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The Fairfax Law Foundation’s Society of Fellows has announced the winners of its first annual Golden Gavel Awards. The Awards were established to recognize the contributions of individuals, organizations and businesses for their leadership and community service. The Golden Gavel Awards dinner will be held at the Country Club of Fairfax on Sept. 20. The [...]

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Longtime McGuireWoods leader Robert H. Patterson Jr. has died, sixty years after he become the ninth lawyer at a Richmond firm then called McGuire, Eggleston, Bocock & Wood. From humble beginnings – growing up on Church Hill as a son of a railroad engineer – Mr. Patterson came to dominate the leadership of one of [...]

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CNN anchor Candy Crowley will moderate the Virginia Bar Association’s debate between U.S. Senate candidates George Allen and Tim Kaine July 21, the VBA has announced. CNN’s chief political correspondent, Crowley joined the network in 1987. The Senate debate will cap the VBA’s statewide meeting this month at The Homestead.

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Snow and ice are obvious hazards, right? Maybe not, when it comes to Virginia slip-and-fall law. Then it’s a case of what did a business owner know, and when did he know it. A new case from Abingdon federal court has a twist: When it came to icy parking lots, the plaintiff was a professional. [...]

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A client’s right to be advised that he could face deportation after a guilty plea is not a “watershed rule” that applies retroactively, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says. In an opinion released today, the appellate court upheld denial of post-conviction relief for a defendant who was subject to deportation after he pleaded [...]

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A $30-million , three-week court battle over efforts to digitize hospital medical records has been averted with a last minute settlement, a University of Virginia spokesman confirmed Tuesday. In a lawsuit, the university claimed a firm now owned by General Electric failed to live up to promises for developing an electronic medical record system at [...]

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A branch pilot in the waters of Hampton Roads cannot win back his pilot’s license after he missed a random drug screen, lied about showing up and later tested positive for cocaine. After he went through a drug rehab program, branch pilot Walter H. McCrory Jr. tried to get his license back. Nothing doing, said [...]

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A lawyer who worked to settle an employee’s comp case thought he should get a 20 percent fee, but he had to settle for 5 percent when the case settled for $100,000 after the claimant fired the lawyer. Senad Sabic won medical benefits and temporary disability benefits after his 2008 work-related injury, but he hired [...]

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A Botetourt County man was jailed without bond after refusing to comply with a judge’s order to respond to a deposition question in a civil suit. Danny H. Goad was charged with contempt of court after a hearing Thursday in Botetourt County Circuit Court. According to The Roanoke Times, Goad refused to comply with Circuit [...]

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