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Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District, hopes to halt what he calls a “deeply disturbing trend” of judges citing foreign legal sources in U.S. court decisions. The Roanoke Congressman has again introduced a resolution in the House discouraging judicial interpretations based ...

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District, hopes to halt what he calls a “deeply disturbing trend” of judges citing foreign legal sources in U.S. court decisions. The Roanoke Congressman has again introduced a resolution in the House discouraging judicial interpretations based ...

Studies show what your gut already knows – when the appeals court judges are hammering you with questions, it’s a good bet they’re leaning toward ruling for your opponent. The New York Times reports on the validation of the question-count ...

Tagged with: U.S. Supreme Court

Studies show what your gut already knows – when the appeals court judges are hammering you with questions, it’s a good bet they’re leaning toward ruling for your opponent. The New York Times reports on the validation of the question-count ...

Tagged with: U.S. Supreme Court

Government Web sites are slow to change, so it’s news when a makeover is announced.  The home page for Virginia’s judicial system now carries an announcement that a redesigned Web site is on the way: We are pleased to announce ...

Tagged with: Supreme Court of Virginia

Government Web sites are slow to change, so it’s news when a makeover is announced.  The home page for Virginia’s judicial system now carries an announcement that a redesigned Web site is on the way: We are pleased to announce ...

Tagged with: Supreme Court of Virginia

A Buchanan County woman passed over for a social services job has lost her suit against local officials, even though a federal appeals court holds it is unlawful to discriminate in hiring for that job on the basis of politics. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals First Amendment

Virginia legal aid offices are bracing for “dramatic” cuts in funding as income from interest on lawyers’ trust accounts plunges in Virginia. Meanwhile, Virginia Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. is encouraging a plan to boost the involvement of private ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia will hear the appeals of two more lawyer sanction cases involving a controversial former circuit judge who sought to control what he saw as improper tactics by counsel. The high court has had four prior ...

The Virginia State Bar Council is scheduled to vote next month on a package of diversity proposals aimed at fostering inclusion of minority interests in the Virginia legal profession. Despite grumbling from critics that some aspects of the diversity initiative ...