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If you’ve heard him speak at conferences around Virginia, you know the quick mind and salty wit of now-retired Campbell County Circuit Judge Sam Johnston.  You may have chuckled at stories like the melon ball account, recalled here by Paul ...

If you’ve heard him speak at conferences around Virginia, you know the quick mind and salty wit of now-retired Campbell County Circuit Judge Sam Johnston.  You may have chuckled at stories like the melon ball account, recalled here by Paul ...

A 58-year-old executive who was fired after company management allegedly said it needed “new talent” gets another chance to prove his age discrimination complaint in Charlottesville federal court. Dean Inman, an engineer and former vice president of Klockner Pentaplast of ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A 58-year-old executive who was fired after company management allegedly said it needed “new talent” gets another chance to prove his age discrimination complaint in Charlottesville federal court. Dean Inman, an engineer and former vice president of Klockner Pentaplast of ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

In a surprise ruling Thursday, a federal district court blocked the Federal Trade Commission from enforcing ‘red flags’ identity fraud regulations against lawyers. The American Bar Association argued a new identity theft prevention law was not intended to apply to ...

Tagged with: Law Firms

Some economic reports say the economic downturn has been harder on men than on women, who still are concentrated in more stable service sectors of the economy. It depends on which service sector you mean. In law, not so much, ...

McGuireWoods is taking it step-by-step in hiring of this year’s summer associates, according to a report. The Above The Law blog says it’s received word that 11 of 48 McGuire summer associates have received hiring letters, while the remainder have ...

Tagged with: Law Firms

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today unanimously approved the nomination of Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Keenan for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Keenan is President Obama’s second nominee for the 4th Circuit, where five seats remain open ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Supreme Court of Virginia

Here are a couple more cases for your Batson file. Can a prosecutor strike a prospective juror she suspects would have trouble understanding complicated DNA evidence? It’s a question the Court of Appeals had to back away from, even after ...

The man acquitted in the hit-and-run death of a Roanoke lawyer has been found guilty of all charges in an assault on a Floyd County woman. Jeffery Young was accused of running down the Floyd victim with his car in ...

Tagged with: Criminal