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The Supreme Court of Virginia acted swiftly last month to overturn a lower court’s takedown order directing a disgruntled consumer to remove critical online postings about a contractor. The high court vacated a Dec. 7 order from Fairfax Circuit Judge ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Defamation Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Thomas A. Fortkort Supreme Court of Virginia

As noted on numerous prior occasions in this space, it pays to proofread – a bit of advice worth taking, whether you work at a law firm or at a public relations firm that does work for a law firm. ...

An 87-year-old hospital patient injured in a fall has won a $3.5 million verdict against a Newport News hospital using high resolution imaging to dramatize alleged brain injuries for the jury. An appeal of Shirley Burrell’s verdict against the owner ...

Tagged with: Judge Timothy S. Fisher Million-Dollar Verdicts Newport News Circuit Court Personal Injury

The Court of Appeals dismisses an appeal from a perjury conviction, as the notice of appeal mistakenly identified the case number of defendant’s conviction for felony failure to appear, which occurred at the same trial but was unrelated and bore ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James W. Haley Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The Supreme Court of Virginia acted swiftly Friday to overturn a lower court’s takedown order directing a disgruntled consumer to remove critical online postings about a contractor. The high court vacated a Dec. 7 order from Fairfax Circuit Judge Thomas ...

Tagged with: First Amendment Supreme Court of Virginia

(AP) — The state’s highest court is reversing a judge’s order that a northern Virginia woman remove negative online reviews of a home contractor. The Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Citizen said Wednesday that the ...

Although a veteran’s widow won payments from the Veterans’ Administration under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 after her husband died from alleged medical negligence, she cannot advance the VA rating that won her benefits to pursue her claim under the Federal ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Tort

In the final edition of Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2012, we present the Most Important Opinions that we have featured from this year. You’ll find more than 370 cases highlighted, from January to December. “Important Opinions” show up on the ...

Tagged with: Important Opinions