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Saying quarterback Michael Vick has proven incapable of properly managing his money, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro has ordered Vick to hire a personal financial planner to manage his football earnings. The condition is part of a plan approved today ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy

For the first time, a Virginia gas station has refused to settle a claim by the state that it overcharged customers during a hurricane emergency. The attorney general’s office today announced it has filed suit against Main Street Citgo in ...

A bare bones slip-and-fall complaint filed in Amherst County Circuit Court has run afoul of stringent new federal pleading standards following removal of the case to U.S. district court. U.S. District Judge Norman Moon yesterday cited the new federal pleading ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts

Virginia plaintiffs’ lawyers are rallying in hopes of overturning the decision of a Loudoun County judge who dismissed a personal injury action as untimely because the damage claim was higher than in a previous nonsuited action. “This decision has got ...

A judge has dismissed the stalking charge against Danville Circuit Court Clerk Gerald Gibson. Gibson submitted an accord and satisfaction, a document indicating the accused has paid for damages and the complainant agrees that the matter can be dismissed.  The ...

Tagged with: Circuit Court Clerks

The Virginia State Bar has posted a schedule of training sessions for lawyers planning to help in a pro bono effort to notify convicts about the discovery of DNA evidence related to their charges. The first session is Wednesday, Sept. ...

The Virginia State Bar has posted a schedule of training sessions for lawyers planning to help in a pro bono effort to notify convicts about the discovery of DNA evidence related to their charges. The first session is Wednesday, Sept. ...

Virginia Tech has released the mental health records of Seung-Hui Cho with the permission of the killer’s estate and his family.  Cho was evaluated in December 2005 after indicating he was considering suicide, a comment he dismissed as “a joke.” ...

Virginia Tech has released the mental health records of Seung-Hui Cho with the permission of the killer’s estate and his family.  Cho was evaluated in December 2005 after indicating he was considering suicide, a comment he dismissed as “a joke.” ...

Interrogatory answers from the clinical psychologist who accidentally removed Seung-Hui Cho’s mental health records from the Virginia Tech counseling center have been released by his attorney. The discovery information from Robert Miller is posted online by The Roanoke Times .  ...

Tagged with: Discovery