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The video of Regent Law Professor James Duane’s 5th Amendment lecture – popularly known as “Don’t talk to the police!” – is enjoying widespread viewership on the Internet. In the video, the loquacious professor advises potential criminal lawyers why their ...

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The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, with an opinion by Judge Designate Sandra Day O’Connor, rejected the claim of a man who said his free speech rights were violated because his fellow members of the Fredericksburg City Council would ...

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Indictments returned this week against four people in a vote fraud case are only part of a long-running investigation of alleged corruption in the Wise County town of St. Paul. The Bristol Herald Courier has details. Consider it a study ...

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Indictments returned this week against four people in a vote fraud case are only part of a long-running investigation of alleged corruption in the Wise County town of St. Paul. The Bristol Herald Courier has details. Consider it a study ...

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Facing a staff shortage and without funds for new hiring, the Fredericksburg Circuit Court Clerk has decided to close the clerk’s office to the public two afternoons a week to catch up on paperwork. Clerk Sharron S. Mitchell is closing ...

Public outcry over a heavy-handed political turnover in a suburban Tidewater county led this month to a strongly worded special grand jury report and the misdemeanor indictments of five public officials.  Now, as the Gloucester County commonwealth’s attorney prepares for ...

A 28-year veteran of the Virginia Senate, Joseph V. Gartlan Jr. is dead at the age of 82. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that Sen. Gartlan died overnight. In a statement, Gov. Kaine said of Sen. Gartlan, “He was a ...

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Roanoke neo-Nazi activist William A. White apparently has been allowed extra time to try to hire a lawyer to defend him in a criminal contempt of court action. A hearing set for Friday was postponed indefinitely after Roanoke lawyer Harry ...

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President Bush has nominated Washington commercial litigation attorney Anthony J. Trenga to the U.S. District Court judgeship vacated by the resignation of Walter D. Kelley. Trenga is a partner in DC’s Miller & Chevalier. An Alexandria resident, he has served ...

It’s a sad story well-known to the legal profession — a law office victimized by a dishonest staffer. In this South Carolina case, it was two separate law firms who had to scramble to make things right after Caroline Keys ...

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