The VLW Blog

A Sterling man claims a police video shows a Loudoun County officer knocking him unconscious from behind as he stood with his hands in the air. The alleged 2009 assault occurred as the former deputy sheriff responded to a report of an incident at a shopping center. The civil rights lawsuit filed by Carlos Garcia [...]

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A Loudoun County homeowners association was required to arbitrate a dispute with property owners over whether the owners could install a basketball goal on their property, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled today in an unpublished order. The property owners contended that the dispute was subject to arbitration under the plain language of the declaration [...]

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to hear an appeal of a Loudoun County case that prompted personal injury lawyers to square off on the issue of asking for more damages when refiling after a nonsuit. On April 1, the high court granted a writ in the Loudoun County case, Spear v. Metropolitan Washington [...]

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Ray Morrogh, the longtime deputy prosecutor in Fairfax who hopes to succeed his retiring boss, Bob Horan, filed as expected for the local Democratic nomination for commonwealth’s attorney. But he’ll have an opponent this fall: Arlington assistant commonwealth’s attorney Patrick McDade will seek the GOP nod for Fairfax commonwealth’s attorney, reports the Washington Post. With [...]

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