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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has named Mark E. Rubin as counselor to the governor effective today. Rubin has served as senior advisor and deputy counselor to the governor since Kaine took office in 2005. He replaces Larry Roberts, who is ...

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The freeze in salaries at one Virginia law firm will mean cuts in starting pay for new associates in the fall.  McGuireWoods confirms that it will cut first-year pay by 10 percent this year to ensure a pay gap between ...

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A much-sued former surgeon has lost his bid for bankruptcy protection because a judge found he lied to hide his assets. In an eight-month stint at a hospital in suburban Charleston, W.Va., osteopathic spine surgeon John A. King managed to ...

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Thirty-five years after its founding, the Virginia Law Foundation has never accomplished its original goal. Regardless, those associated with the organization point with pride to a legacy of beneficial projects financed over the years by $23 million in grant money ...

A Spotsylvania County family left the courthouse empty handed yesterday after a jury refused to blame animal control officers for the brutal dog mauling death of an 82-year-old woman. Represented by Charlottesville’s Tom Albro, the family contended that the county ...

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A trio of free speech advocates has ridden to the aid of Charlottesville blogger Waldo Jaquith (left). Like many bloggers, Jaquith allows folks to post anonymous comments on his Cvillenews.com site.  After he reported on a defamation lawsuit filed against ...

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Organizers of a new, Virginia-based project want to raise the profile of state supreme courts in the U.S. The Institute of Bill of Rights Law at the William & Mary law school and the National Center for State Courts, headquartered ...

For the second year in a row, a moot court team from William & Mary has taken top honors at the Tulane University School of Law Mardi Gras Invitational.  The annual sports law competition featured a field of 38 teams ...

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As Roanoke lawyers pondered the prospects for an official Virginia Code of Evidence last week at a bench-bar conference, presenter John Oakey recalled the variations in trial gatekeeping by Virginia’s federal judges prior to the establishment of federal rules of ...

Like a hiker making his way through the forest, every person these days leaves a set of footprints nearly everywhere he goes. Only the tracks aren’t in mud, dirt or foliage – the footprints are electronic, creating a trail that ...