Shenandoah County Circuit Judge Dennis Hupp said the county board of supervisors waited too long to ask for sanctions against a former board candidate. In a letter opinion and accompanying order last month, Hupp closed the case, declining to rule on the county’s sanctions motion against Mark Prince and his lawyer. He held the county [...]
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Sanctions motion too late, judge says
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Elections, sanctions
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Judge to rule on Shenandoah sanctions motion
October 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · sanctions
In an update to a story in this week’s VLW, Shenandoah County Circuit Judge Dennis Hupp will not allow his jurisdiction to lapse before considering a sanctions motion against a political candidate and his lawyer. Judge Hupp entered an order last week suspending the Sept. 29 “final order” that dismissed the underlying case. The order [...]
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Patent firm avoids sanctions
October 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Intellectual Property, sanctions
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema decided today not to sanction SPH America LLC, a Reston-based company that attempts to enforce patents on mobile phone technology, even though she said the suit it filed against the national law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP was groundless. SPH accused the law firm of disclosing confidential information that [...]
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Once upon a time
April 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Fairfax Circuit Court, Real estate, sanctions
Remember when real estate was a different kind of story? Bidding wars. Tear-downs. Money all around. Spring 2007. A woman who wants to sell her mother’s home talks to a real estate agent, who suggests a target price of $729,000 for the Fairfax property. With a “pocket buyer” already in hand, the agent expects to [...]
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Motel wounding case settled
May 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Roanoke, sanctions, Supreme Court of Virginia
Taboada v. Daily Seven, the premises liability case that greatly expanded the potential liability of hotel operators, has been settled. The case is perhaps better known for the intemperate petition for a rehearing filed by a Roanoke attorney that earned him a contempt citation and a fine from the Virginia Supreme Court. The Roanoke Times [...]
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No sanction for pulling plug on trial
April 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · sanctions
Defense lawyers are accustomed to the aggravation of a nonsuit. They know what it’s like when plaintiffs apply the brakes on the eve of a scheduled trial. The shoe was on the other foot in a case handed down today by the Supreme Court of Virginia. In McNally v. Rey, defense attorney John McNally’s corporate [...]
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