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Although a Virginia city claimed it had special concerns about releasing legal bills to a litigation opponent, the Supreme Court of Virginia found no reason to alter the usual standards for attorney-client and work product materials. In a Dec. 6 ...

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U.S. District Judge Mark S. Davis has become the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Davis succeeds Judge Rebecca Beach Smith, whose seven-year term ended Dec. 3. Davis was nominated in 2007 by ...

Judges and court officials in Western Virginia are taking different tacks on their approach to drug court participants addicted to opioids. A state court drug treatment program in the Roanoke Valley does not allow participants to pursue medication-assisted treatment, in which ...

The Virginia State Bar is asking a circuit court for swift sanctions against a lawyer who admitted that he concealed missed deadlines and other lapses from clients, other lawyers and his own law firm. The VSB says allowing Reston attorney ...

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The Clients’ Protection Fund of the Virginia State Bar paid $43,858.46 to former clients of six Virginia lawyers in the most recent round of CPF reimbursements. The CPF collects and administers fees from Virginia lawyers to reimburse clients and others ...

Wielding a new tool provided by the Supreme Court of Virginia earlier this year, a circuit judge has dismissed a civil case because the plaintiff missed her deadline for responding to discovery requests. The New Kent County mold case was ...

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A Virginia addiction recovery business can proceed with its federal court claims that a competitor used an underhanded Google tactic to steal potential customers, a judge has ruled. The Richmond-based plaintiff – doing business as Broad Highway Recovery – is ...

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The 11 judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia have decided on a change in leadership. The court on Nov. 27 elected Judge Marla Graff Decker as chief judge-elect. On Jan. 1, she will succeed Chief Judge Glen A. ...

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Although a jury at sentencing was allowed to hear about a robbery defendant’s Facebook post – allegedly offering stolen pills for sale – the Court of Appeals of Virginia refused to disturb the man’s conviction and 28 year sentence. The ...

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As a federal plan to address nursing home arbitration contracts remains stalled, the arbitration battle continues in Virginia courtrooms. A Nelson County circuit judge used a two-pronged analysis in June to deny arbitration in a wrongful death case, pointing to a ...

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