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Insurance companies and lawyers fearful of unexpected Medicare demands for repayment for personal injury claims have another year to breathe easier. Enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payer reporting rules has been delayed to Jan 1, 2012, the Department of Health ...
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Medicare reporting enforcement delayed for a year
Insurance companies and lawyers fearful of unexpected Medicare demands for repayment for personal injury claims have another year to breathe easier. Enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payer reporting rules has been delayed to Jan 1, 2012, the Department of Health ...
Read More »Feds move to ban ‘Spice’
The DEA is not waiting for the legislative process to take action against synthetic marijuana. While legislators in Virginia and around the country have been drafting bills to ban the chemical pot, sold legally under names like “Spice” and “K-2,” ...
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Read More »Feds move to ban ‘Spice’
The DEA is not waiting for the legislative process to take action against synthetic marijuana. While legislators in Virginia and around the country have been drafting bills to ban the chemical pot, sold legally under names like “Spice” and “K-2,” ...
Tagged with: Federal Courts
Read More »‘Hot tub’ lawyer sanctioned by federal judge
A lawyer trying to locate evidence to bolster his lending fraud case stepped over the line when he met with a witness that he knew was represented by counsel in a related matter, a federal judge has ruled. The evidence ...
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Read More »‘Hot tub’ lawyer sanctioned by federal judge
A lawyer trying to locate evidence to bolster his lending fraud case stepped over the line when he met with a witness that he knew was represented by counsel in a related matter, a federal judge has ruled. The evidence ...
Tagged with: Real Estate Sanctions
Read More »Williamsburg patent lawyer charged with UPL
A Williamsburg grand jury has returned an indictment charging patent attorney Bambi Walters with practicing law without a license, according to the local prosecutor. Williamsburg/James City County Commonwealth’s Attorney Nate Green said the charge resulted from a Virginia State Bar ...
Tagged with: Virginia State Bar
Read More »Fireworks injury nets $4.75 million 
The deafening explosion of a wayward fireworks rocket caused devastating injuries for a Fairfax County mother and led to a $4.75-million jury verdict against the fireworks company that staged the 2007 Independence Day show in Vienna. The verdict for Kathryn ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Bruce D. White Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury
Read More »‘Writ of injunction’ fails to impress judge
An Augusta County man facing eviction from his foreclosed home brandished a novel legal weapon to try to halt the proceedings, to no avail. Daniel Taylor, who counts himself part of the “sovereign citizen” movement, told Circuit Judge Victor Ludwig ...
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Read More »Driver’s umbrella policy provides UIM coverage
An injured motorist gets the rare benefit of underinsured motorist coverage from his $2-million umbrella policy under a recent opinion from a Henrico County judge. The unusual coverage decision is based on wording in an endorsement to the UIM policy. ...
Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Insurance Judge Gary Hicks
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