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You want to start a marketing campaign for your law practice that focuses on email. You know that Virginia’s spam laws are pretty strict and you don’t want to end up blacklisted or a permanent resident of everyone’s spam box. ...

Lawyers sifting through social media tools should start with LinkedIn, a panel of in-house counsel told their law firm counterparts April 21 at a program in Richmond. “It’s your resume and Rolodex online,” all rolled into one, said Springfield lawyer ...

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A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court denies the government’s motion to retry defendant on a firearms charge. There is no doubt Holbrook violated the terms of her plea agreement by filing the § 2255 motion attacking her conviction under ...

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An Abingdon U.S. District Court says charging defendant with failing to update his sex offender registration and credit card fraud and transporting a stolen car in interstate commerce, does not amount to a misjoinder, but the court will sever the ...

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A funeral home employee who alleges she was required to volunteer her time in community service to generate business for her employer, to respond to calls after hours and to work through or be interrupted during their scheduled meal breaks, ...

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A Charlottesville U.S. District Court orders a man convicted of unlawful possession and transport of child pornography to pay restitution of $5,448.75 to “Vicky,” a known victim depicted in the pornography. At his sentencing, defendant stated that since he had ...

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A 58-year-old woman fired after 19 years as a police dispatcher can sue the city of Galax for age discrimination, but not for gender discrimination, says an Abingdon U.S. District Court. Plaintiff alleges the city chief of police did not ...

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An African-American hair stylist at a Danville salon does not have a prima facie claim for disparate treatment under Title VII with her bare assertion that the white stylist with whom she had a physical altercation on the job was ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms the lower courts’ decisions terminating father’s parental rights as to two of his children and placing his eldest 17-year old child in permanent foster care based on evidence showing the children were doing well in ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms the lower court decisions terminating mother’s parental rights to her five children on alternative grounds supported by record evidence allowing termination under both Va. Code §§ 16.1-283 (B) (2) (no reasonable likelihood of improvement) and ...

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