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		<title>Judge dismisses school president from Virginia Tech lawsuits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The judge hearing the pair of $10-million wrongful death lawsuits based on the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings has narrowed the claims as the cases near trial.
Circuit Judge William Alexander ruled that claims against VT president Charles Steger were barred because they had been raised and dismissed in prior lawsuits filed in another Virginia court.
The ruling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/10/judge-dismisses-school-president-from-virginia-tech-lawsuits/</link>
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		<title>Evidence bill clears another hurdle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After passing the full Senate Feb. 6, legislation to adopt Rules of Evidence for Virginia today moved from a subcommittee to the full House Courts of Justice committee. 
Some subcommittee members had doubts on Monday, and the subcommittee retooled the measure to firm up legislative control of the process for changing the rules over time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/08/evidence-bill-clears-another-hurdle/</link>
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		<title>Evidence rules pass Senate, stall in House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legislation to adopt Rules of Evidence for Virginia passed the full Senate yesterday, but stalled in a House subcommittee, whose members retooled the measure to firm up legislative control of the process for changing the rules over time.
The Virginia Senate passed Senate Bill 94 on a 37-3 vote. 
Read the full story
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		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/07/evidence-rules-pass-senate/</link>
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		<title>Douglas honored by VSB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section presented its 2012 Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Award last week to Alexandria Public Defender Melinda Douglas.
The award was presented on Feb. 3 during the section’s 42nd Annual Criminal Law Seminar in Williamsburg.
The award is named for the former Virginia Supreme Court chief justice who promoted the ideals of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/06/douglas-honored-by-vsb/</link>
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		<title>Anti-‘Hernandez’ bill advances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The House Courts of Justice committee on Friday voted 11-to-4 to report legislation designed to eliminate judges&#8217; discretion to delay findings of guilt in many criminal cases.
House Bill 750, sponsored by Del. Ben Cline, R-Amherst, would bar deferred disposition in any case where the facts would justify a finding of guilt unless the prosecutor agrees.
Cline [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/05/anti-%e2%80%98hernandez%e2%80%99-bill-advances/</link>
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		<title>Judge bars Christian prayers at county meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Roanoke federal judge has ordered the Pittsylvania County supervisors to halt the routine use of Christian prayers to open their meetings.
U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski held Friday that none of the arguments in favor of the county board’s prayer policy “has any merit.”
Concluding that a citizen who challenged the prayers was likely to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/03/judge-bars-christian-prayers-at-county-meetings/</link>
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		<title>Carpenter not &#8216;using&#8217; cargo van, has no coverage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A carpenter hired to do trim work on a home under construction was not “using” his box van when he left it parked on the property, and he does not have coverage under his State Farm business auto policy for damage to the home from a fire that originated in the box van.
A Newport News [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/03/carpenter-not-using-cargo-van-has-no-coverage/</link>
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		<title>Nine candidates bid for Court of Appeals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two new names appeared in questionnaires submitted to the Virginia State Bar Wednesday, the final day for submitting paperwork to indicate an interest in a seat on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Augusta County Circuit Judge Victor V. Ludwig and and Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources Maureen Matsen are the new applicants for the vacancy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/02/nine-candidates-bid-for-court-of-appeals/</link>
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		<title>Senate approves increasing judicial retirement age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mandatory retirement age for Virginia judges would increase from 70 to 73 under a bill approved by the state Senate Monday.
The bill could face an uphill battle on the House side of the General Assembly, however. The civil subcommittee of the House Courts committee already has killed two proposals to increase the mandatory judicial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/02/01/senate-approves-increasing-judicial-retirement-age/</link>
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		<title>Two more appeals court candidates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia State Bar&#8217;s deadline for candidates to request an interview for possible endorsement is tomorrow.
There are two new names to add to the list of interested individuals:
* Patricia Palmer Nagel, a solo practitioner in Williamsburg.
* Montgomery County Circuit Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr.
There are five other previously reported possible candidates:
* Tazewell County Circuit Judge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/vlwblog/2012/01/31/two-more-appeals-court-candidates/</link>
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