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Editors' Picks
- Million Dollar Plus Settlements of 2025
- Goochland supervisors OK $250K to fight lawsuit over potential data centers
- Important opinions published in Virginia Lawyers Weekly
- Paid sick leave bill ‘likely’ to pass, attorneys say
- Agency board member shielded by sovereign immunity
- Much-anticipated report issued on legal deserts, drop in lawyers
News in Brief
- Rocky Mount mayor faces Virginia State Bar suspension
- US Supreme Court weighs lawfulness of ‘geofence’ warrants in crime probes
- Junius P. Fulton sworn in to Supreme Court of Virginia
- Judge approves $425M Capital One settlement
- Aird named vice chair of Senate Democratic Caucus
- Va. Senate candidate among three Kalshi suspended for ‘political insider trading’
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Evidence supports fentanyl possession/distribution conviction
- Search & Seizure – Defendant wasn’t entitled to copy of search warrant
- Search & Seizure – Officer didn’t improperly extend traffic stop
- Negligence- Court won’t limit expert testimony at alleged malpractice trial
- Evidence – Defendant’s attempt to exclude evidence of prior judgments is rejected
- Prisons – Prisoner’s sentence is reduced yet again
- Judges – Recusal motion is denied again
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
- Premises Liability- Gas grill explosion left mom with severe burn injuries
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Crash video showed force of Tesla rear-end collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – 74-year-old injured in two-vehicle crash
- Medical Malpractice- Gallbladder removal surgery results in reparative procedure
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