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The 2018 General Assembly could produce a blueprint for giving lawyers, and the general public, unprecedented access to state court case records. A court decision seen as a setback for open government has spawned at least five proposals to allow ...

Former FBI Director James B. Comey will teach a course on ethical leadership at the College of William & Mary beginning this fall. With an appointment as an executive professor in education, Comey will co-teach the course with Drew Stelljes, ...

Alice T. Armstrong of the attorney general’s office has been named chief staff attorney for the Court of Appeals of Virginia. She succeeds John T. Tucker III who is retiring after more than 27 years on the job, according to ...

Three business-friendly tort reform measures offered at the 2018 General Assembly triggered a trial-lawyer counter-attack this month with bills that would remove the cap on punitive damages, allow claims for loss of consortium, and open avenues of recovery for crime ...

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The General Assembly is being asked to consider whether Virginia should move to a statewide system of public defenders. Virginia now has 25 public defender offices, according to the website of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission which oversees the PD ...

Virginia legislators re-elected 46 incumbent trial court judges in the first round of judicial selection at this year’s General Assembly. One new circuit judge was among those elected Jan. 16. One sitting judge was left off the list without explanation. ...

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At least seven people have expressed interest in the Bristol juvenile and domestic relations judgeship formerly held by Kurt Pomrenke, a legislator said. Del. Israel O’Quinn told the Bristol Herald Courier that he’s heard from six or seven attorneys interested ...

A political organization that used two photographs of famous musicians on its website – without credit to the photographer – was not liable to the lensman despite a creative commons license that required attribution, a federal judge has ruled. The ...

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A Chesterfield County juvenile and domestic relations judge said he was “devastated” by surveys indicating problems with his patience, courtesy and respect on the bench and promised legislators he would do better. Seeking election to a second 6-year term, Judge ...

A Virginia lawyer-legislator wants the state to allow a cause of action for loss of consortium. Virginia has long refused to allow a tort plaintiff to recover damages for loss of intimacy with a spouse or related damages. Virginia Code ...