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Lawyers for Norfolk’s “Hula Hoop Lady” plan to sue a police officer who repeatedly used a Taser to arrest her. The Hula Hoop Lady apparently passes time on Granby Street by hooping to music from a portable radio.  A Norfolk ...

The Atlanta-based firm of Troutman Sanders LLP today announced it completed its merger with Chicago-based Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP on Jan. 2. The combination gives Troutman offices on the West Coast and in Chicago.  The merger also doubles the ...

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Roanoke attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. today announced he will not run for the Democratic nomination for Virginia Attorney General. In a news release, Fishwick said “I have concluded that for now my role should remain in the aggressive private ...

The disappointed customer of a Web site developer won a $1 million verdict last month in the first case decided under the Virginia Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. An Alexandria Circuit Court jury on Dec. 17 awarded $1,138,500 to Blue ...

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has been named to chair the Democratic National Committee, a job he will hold on a part time basis until he completes his term as governor in 2010.  The position puts Kaine in the national ...

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We reported recently on an attempt in Australia to use Facebook for service of process, advising archly, “Don’t try this in Virginia.”  In Northern Virginia, however, attorneys now hope to use e-mail to serve a summons on an elusive witness. ...

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One win, one loss this week for Tidewater area nightclubs struggling to stay open in the face of enforcement action. In Virginia Beach, where the city took the Encore Lounge to court over a pattern of violence, Circuit Judge Patricia ...

Virginia Republicans have a beef with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s plans to raise a little cash for the Democratic party next month.  As this Washington Post blog reports, GOP leaders are considering filing a complaint about the $200-a-head inaugural ball ...

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Low-income parents of dependent children would get a break in garnishment proceedings under a bill introduced for the 2009 Virginia General Assembly session. House Bill 1668 would offer garnishment exemptions, starting with $51 a week for one child, for parents ...

The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is beefing up its legal team in preparation for appeal of a series of court decisions that left the diocese without title to millions of dollars worth of church property. Fairfax Circuit Judge Randy I. ...