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Richmond lawyer Andy Nea will be honored later this month by the Richmond Bar Association when he picks up the RBA’s John C. Kenny Pro Bono Award for 2009-2010. The association gives the Kenny award annually to an individual or ...

Tagged with: Bar Associations Good guys

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed today the conviction and life sentence of Zacarias Moussaoui on charges related to the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to the ...

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Maybe it meant more to her than it did to him. Or maybe Michelle Baba was just looking for a way to re-do the post-nuptial agreement she signed with Roberto Baba after the parties separated in May 2007. The wife ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations

A man called to jury duty captured the sound of wild gunfire this morning at the federal court building in Las Vegas.  The shootout left two dead, including a court security officer. Posted by Peter Vieth

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Applying the test for a preliminary injunction as articulated in Real Truth About Obama Inc. v. EEC, 575 F.3d 342 (4th Cir. 2009), a Richmond Circuit Court grants plaintiffs a temporary injunction, with appointment of a custodian pendente lite for ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Margaret P. Spencer Richmond Circuit Court

A Roanoke City Circuit Court grants an insurer’s motion to sever an insured’s claim for bad faith, which is premature when there has been no judgment entered against the insured on his claim for coverage under a fire policy. The ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke Circuit Court

In this 2007 decision on a matter of first impression, a Virginia Beach Circuit Court rejects a trustee’s 5 percent commission of $20,450 for sale of a property at foreclosure, and instead authorizes a “reasonable” fee of $9,180. Wells Fargo ...

Tagged with: Judge H. Thomas Padrick Jr. Real Estate Virginia Beach Circuit Court

Petitioner’s objection to the commission taken by the trustee in the amount of $16,150 is sustained by a Middlesex County Circuit Court and the trustee is hereby allowed a commission of $10,100 and is ordered to make a check payable ...

Tagged with: Judge R. Bruce Long Middlesex County Circuit Court Real Estate

A young lady bitten by a dog in defendant’s home in 2005, who suffered one small puncture wound, with no bleeding, and who was released from the emergency room and made no further complaint to defendant, did not provide a ...

Tagged with: Fauquier County Circuit Court Insurance Judge Jeffrey W. Parker

Although a skilled carpenter elected to make his own withholding tax payments, appellant construction company exerted control over claimant carpenter by directing his work on a daily basis, and the Court of Appeals upholds an award of workers’ comp for ...

Tagged with: Judge Larry G. Elder Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation