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Federal trial courts in Roanoke have been displaced from the Poff Federal Building because of loose bricks on one side of the 14-story building. The building and all agencies within will be closed Monday and Tuesday due to construction, according to a notice on the courts’ website. Closure is possible on Wednesday, Nov. 21, as [...]

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With many government offices closed in the wake of the storm, including administrative offices of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the court nevertheless is in session and will be hearing its schedule of oral arguments today (Tuesday). The essential personnel required to support the court session should report as planned, the court advised on its [...]

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Sandy has put a crimp in Virginia’s Judicial System. The  administrative offices of the Supreme Court of Virginia are closed today, “due to inclement weather.” Virginia State Bar offices also are closed. However, the Virginia State Bar Admission Ceremony will take place as scheduled, the court reports in a note on its website. “Essential personnel [...]

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No Virginia facilities are included in a list of money-saving court closings announced Tuesday by federal court officials. The list of six planned closings is good news for users of the federal courts in Big Stone Gap and Newport News. Those two facilities, both without resident judges, had been studied for possible closing. The closest [...]

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Donald Trump’s effort to get a bargain price on “Albemarle House,” the 23,000-square-foot former home of John and Pat Kluge, has foundered in federal court. A Charlottesville federal judge declared Thursday that the New York developer does not have a right of first refusal to buy the Albemarle County mansion, leaving Bank of America free [...]

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A former CFO who blew the whistle on his employer under the False Claims Act will receive a $2.6 million cut of an $18.1 million settlement with the U.S. government. Relator Kimthy Chao alleged that Calnet Inc., a Reston-based defense contracting company, systematically overbilled the Department of Defense by millions of dollars over a period [...]

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Former Richmond lawyer Bradley D. Wein has been handed a 45-month prison sentence based on phony letters he created to legitimize his use of a client’s money. Wein was hired by an elderly woman in 2005 to handle legal and financial matters. Authorities accused him of using her credit cards without authorization to pay his [...]

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Two Virginia federal courthouses are marked for possible closing under a federal judiciary study. The federal courthouses in Newport News and Big Stone Gap are on a list of lesser used courthouses circulated among federal judges for review and comment, according to the Associated Press. The comments are expected to be considered by a committee [...]

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Here’s a word of caution for lawyers who use Twitter professionally: If you part ways with your firm, your ex-employer may get custody of your Tweets. In the past few years, legal disputes over social media have become increasingly common. Defamation claims and discovery matters are standard issues. But employment-related social media issues are now [...]

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A group of bondholders who got stiffed when a major German conference center project went bust have won a $96.4-million Alexandria federal jury verdict against a South Korean national who allegedly lied about backing for the bonds. The jury found former McLean businessman Man Ki Kim committed fraud when he promised to provide money for [...]

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