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Editors' Picks
- Presumption of ownership: Possession settles family feud over iconic illustrations
- Court rejects paralegal’s invocation of privilege
- Green in a gray area: Lessons for Virginia cannabis ‘gifting’ businesses
- Op-Ed: There must be no ‘commending’ wayward judges
- ‘Unamendable’: Expired filing deadline bars personal injury claim
- Writ of possession wrongly granted
News in Brief
- Clients’ Protection Fund pays $130K in September
- FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items from senators’ desks during Capitol riot
- Ex-prison guard gets 3 years for failing to help sick inmate who later died
- Some Virginia inmates could be released earlier under change to enhanced sentence credit policy
- Abortion access protection, assault weapons ban to be heard in 2024 legislative session
- Citing ongoing criminal case, UVA further delays release of campus shooting findings
Opinion Digests
- Suit over historic mansion and estate dismissed
- Former employee’s claims survive motion to dismiss
- Equal Pay Act doesn’t apply to applicant
- Court rejects invocation of attorney-client privilege
- Evidence supported competency determination
- Appellees had power to remove business manager
- No continuance after witnesses failed to appear
- No actual or constructive eviction in warranty case
- Gas distribution pipeline exempt from ZBA regulation
- Improper venue in air pollution regulation matter
- No benefits awarded in unemployment comp case
- No immunity for judge who personally oversaw search
- Bankruptcy attorney prevails in malpractice suit
- Wage exemption doesn’t apply to ‘rainy-day fund’
Verdicts & Settlements
- Woodshop incident leads to amputation of fingers — $1.3M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s foot amputated in collision — $7M settlement
- Contractor rear-ended on interstate on way to wedding — $825,000 settlement
- Man suffers back injury in crash with out-of-state driver — $530,000 settlement
- Driver crossed center line, struck 89-year-old’s vehicle — $1.2M settlement
- Jury returns defense verdict in favor of gastroenterologist
- Teens killed in T-bone collision with officer — $3.1M settlement
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February 27th, 2024 | 5:30 PM
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May 14th, 2024 | 5:30 PM
