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The Supreme Court of Virginia has approved an amended version of a legal ethics opinion to guide lawyers in outsourcing of legal services. The revised version of LEO 1850 emphasizes that a lawyer who outsources work without direct supervision must ...

Franklin County Circuit Judge Clyde H. Perdue Jr. has retired from the bench citing health reasons. Perdue, 66, stepped down effective Jan. 8, The Roanoke Times reported. Perdue took office Jan. 1, 2015, filling the vacancy created by the retirement ...

A Northern Virginia consumer lawyer has consented to license revocation more than four years after he was sanctioned by a federal judge for keeping a client in the dark and prolonging litigation. Ernest P. Francis rejected two settlement offers without ...

Former Bristol juvenile and domestic relations judge Kurt Pomrenke has agreed to disbarment following a second federal conviction in connection with his wife’s legal troubles. Pomrenke admitted in VSB documents he helped his wife get into a treatment program that ...

When the 2021 Virginia General Assembly opens on Jan. 13, criminal justice reform, a major issue in last year’s session, will be back front and center. A group of progressive Virginia prosecutors has united behind a five-point agenda for the ...

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Comedian and actor Kevin Hart will avoid liability in a suit by business partners who claimed their video game launch was torpedoed by Hart’s admission of an extramarital affair, following a decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ...

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A Fairfax County circuit judge has removed some of the defamation claims against actor Johnny Depp filed by ex-wife Amber Heard, but her principal accusations and a demand for attorneys’ fees remain alive as the litigation moves toward a lengthy ...

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The possibility of five open seats on an expanded Court of Appeals of Virginia has produced a field of 26 applicants for evaluation by Virginia lawyers. The list includes judges and lawyers who have applied before for openings on the ...

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Virginia State Bar President Brian L. Buniva invoked the rule of law in calling for condemnation of the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. “The rule of law is not an abstraction. The observance of the rule of law ...

A former candidate for one of Virginia’s U.S. Senate seats has settled with Richmond Circuit Judge Bradley B. Cavedo over the candidate’s labeling Cavedo as racist. Daniel M. Gade criticized Cavedo during an Oct. 3 debate with incumbent Sen. Mark ...