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A health care worker’s suit alleging she was paid a lower hourly rate and for fewer hours than another employee because of her race survived a partial motion for summary judgment after a federal judge found the plaintiff plausibly asserted ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In the closing days of this year’s session, the General Assembly elected judges for the commonwealth’s circuit courts, general district courts and juvenile and domestic relations courts. The judges, along with one member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, ...

Attorneys who resigned from the Virginia State Bar that wish to resume practicing law in the commonwealth no longer have to pass the bar exam to earn readmission, according to an amendment to the Rules for Integration of the Virginia ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Assistant U.S. Attorney Jamar K. Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Feb. 28, making Walker the first openly gay Article III judge to serve in Virginia. Walker’s nomination was ...

A bill that would provide clarity to the statute governing liens for attorney fees is heading to the desk of Gov. Glenn Youngkin after passing the Senate and the House of Delegates unanimously. Senate Bill 817, sponsored by Sen. Scott ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Glenn Youngkin Scott Surovell Virginia General Assembly

During the Jim Crow era, Black Americans traveling the country through segregated America consulted a guidebook — colloquially known as the “Green Book” — to determine which restaurants, hotels and other amenities they could safely visit. Now, legislation to recognize ...

Tagged with: Glenn Youngkin Green Book Mike Mullin

A Virginia personal injury firm donated $20,000 to a trio of legal aid organizations throughout the commonwealth earlier this year. Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen donated $7,500 each to the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville and the Central Virginia ...

Attorney General Jason Miyares unveiled a new portrait and memorial exhibit honoring civil rights leader Barbara Johns on Feb. 15. The ceremony was attended by Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Sen. Lionell Spruill, D-Chesapeake, as well as Johns’ family members. On ...

The Virginia State Bar is seeking comment on proposed amendments to a section of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia that discusses reciprocal disciplinary proceedings. The proposed amendment would add a paragraph — Paragraph 13-24.I — which would ...

The Court of Appeals of Virginia has affirmed a lower court’s ruling to enforce a contingent-fee agreement between two Virginia attorneys after they disagreed over the percentage of the contingency fee. The prevailing attorney argued the proper percentage was one-third ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Stuart A. Raphael Virginia Court of Appeals