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For the second time in two weeks, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has upheld disciplinary action by the Virginia Board of Medicine despite contrary rulings by circuit judges. The March 21 decision means license revocation for a physician who ...

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In December, the Supreme Court of Virginia established that managing partners at law firms have a duty to intervene when a firm lawyer showed signs of being impaired. Now, the Virginia State Bar is trying to set rules to help ...

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The failure of a courthouse referendum last year may have tied the hands of Augusta County leaders in their efforts to plan for better court facilities. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says voter approval would be needed to relocate the ...

A Colonial Heights lawyer has agreed to a five-year suspension of his law license for offering to settle a lawsuit in exchange for sexual favors from the woman he sued. A three-judge Chesterfield County Circuit Court panel accepted the five-year ...

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A prominent Richmond lawyer has been suspended from practice for two years after the disciplinary board found she violated Virginia ethics rules barring dishonest conduct. The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed the penalty against Vinceretta T. Chiles on March ...

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A disappointed purchaser of two Gainesville eateries who hoped to prove his contract damages without an expert will have another chance to tee up his case in federal court. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed ...

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The husband of a woman killed in a horrific 2013 robbery at a Richmond apartment complex had his $100 million wrongful death lawsuit tossed out of court last week because the murder was considered a work-related event. The ruling means ...

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A Virginia lawyer who pleaded guilty to a making a false statement in bankruptcy filings has lost his law license for two years. A panel of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board imposed the two-year suspension for Scott A. Flanders ...

A Norfolk lawyer who dropped the ball on three criminal appeals and stonewalled a Virginia State Bar investigator has agreed to revocation of her law license. Cheryl D. Footman-Banks signed an affidavit saying she could not successfully defend bar charges ...

A contentious condemnation case has produced a federal court ruling that the city of Virginia Beach is liable for violating the constitutional rights of a dentist and his practice. Among the judge’s findings is the conclusion that the city unlawfully ...

Tagged with: Condemnation Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District