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A West Virginia businessman reportedly has purchased the financially struggling Greenbrier resort and will move to dismiss bankruptcy proceedings. According to a news release, the popular but pricey resort was bought by a company controlled by Jim Justice.  According to ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy

There’s a wealth of information about the achievements and advancements of law professors as the school year comes to an end. We note that the University of Virginia law school has snagged Saikrishna Prakash, a prominent constitutional law scholar, who ...

Tagged with: Law Schools

By process of elimination, The Roanoke Times reports that Tim Heaphy may be the president’s choice for U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Virginia’s two U.S. senators nominated three lawyers for the job; two of them report they’ve ...

By process of elimination, The Roanoke Times reports that Tim Heaphy may be the president’s choice for U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Virginia’s two U.S. senators nominated three lawyers for the job; two of them report they’ve ...

Plywood back in the 1990s. Artificial stucco earlier this decade. And now smelly Chinese drywall is the latest faulty building material to prompt angry and worried homeowners to sue builders, contractors…anyone they can. Litigation over allegedly contaminated Chinese-made drywall is ...

When the swine flu scare hit last week, two large law firms were ready with information and a catalog of legal issues that might arise during a pandemic. Troutman Sanders LLP issued a news release and launched Web pages to ...

The Intoxilyzer finally is retired. The last state-owned “Intoxilyzer 5000” machines, used by police to perform breath tests on suspected drunken drivers, have been taken out of service, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Forensic Science. DUI ...

Five Virginia homeowners – on behalf of “hundreds” with similar claims – have filed a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer, supplier, and installers of allegedly-tainted Chinese drywall used in their homes. Norfolk attorney Richard J. Serpe filed the suit ...

Tagged with: Products Liability

Veterans of the civil rights battles of Virginia recalled the fight as they honored the memory of attorney Oliver W. Hill on the sunny front lawn of Hill’s boyhood home this afternoon. The house in Roanoke’s Gainsboro community, renovated through ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights

Acting U.S. Attorney Dana Boente of the Eastern District is dropping espionage charges against two Israeli lobbyists. As noted by the Associated Press, the case against Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman of the American Israel Public Afffairs Committee sparked criticism ...

Tagged with: Criminal