A client comes in to a lawyer’s office to talk about bringing a claim. Or a client comes in, saying that she just got served with papers. Either way, a lawsuit is going forward. The lawyer needs to have an ...
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The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority has filed a lawsuit alleging its former executive director misappropriated more than $17.6 million in public funds. The allegations were leveled against Jennifer R. McDonald; the suit also named several of her business associates, including ...
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Lawyers today must take great care to protect clients’ data and personal information. And when that data becomes part of a dispute, they also must be concerned about how to handle the process of procuring and disclosing electronic information relevant ...
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Previously opened and delivered emails are considered to be in “electronic storage” and can, therefore, be the basis for a federal Stored Communications Act claim, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a matter of first impression. ...
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Employees who suffer psychological injuries on the job can receive workers’ compensation benefits in certain situations, even when the statute of limitations has run, according to a recent Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ruling. However, workers may only receive the benefit ...
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Coming from a five-lawyer firm in Butte, Montana, Bob Carlson is different from what many expect when they think of the leaders of the American Bar Association. Carlson maintains he shovels his own snow, and he has been shoveling a ...
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The policy-making body of the federal judiciary has approved amendments to the judicial codes of conduct to state plainly what qualifies as “misconduct” and to make it easier for victims of sexual harassment or assault to come forward and report ...
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The Virginia State Bar’s Clients’ Protection Fund board has approved payouts worth $51,123 to clients who suffered financial losses as a result of six Virginia attorneys’ dishonest conduct. At a January meeting, the board approved funds for new claims worth ...
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Justin W. Earley was “the picture of stability and success” early in his legal career, having graduated at the top of his law class at Georgetown, passed the bar in his home state and landed a job at one of ...
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The rates charged by attorneys in Washington, DC, do not apply in Richmond unless a DC attorney is needed because Richmond attorneys did not have the “required skills” to do the necessary work, a Richmond federal judge has ruled. In ...
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