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The Roanoke Times is asking a judge to force former Times sports reporter Andy Bitter to give up his use of a Twitter account. The owner of the paper has sued in Roanoke federal court claiming it is the rightful ...

After a series of strongly worded judicial opinions criticizing its practice model, a national bankruptcy law firm says it’s changing the way it works. The Chicago-based UpRight Law announced July 30 it will transition to a management committee-led governance structure ...

A circuit judge says it’s okay for a defendant to plead guilty to something the defendant did not actually do if the defendant knows the plea is for his own benefit. Written judicial approval of the common criminal court practice ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts

A Blacksburg bank says it lost $2.4 million to Russian hackers and its insurance company is refusing to cover the loss. The National Bank of Blacksburg sued Everest National Insurance Co. in Roanoke federal court seeking a declaration as to ...

Tagged with: Banking Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

A Richmond lawyer once honored on national television for her work with juvenile offenders will give up her law license and serve three months in jail after admitting to smuggling a cell phone and narcotics to an inmate. The lawyer ...

A patient who claimed he was denied recommended mental health treatment, beaten by another patient and unreasonably restrained at a state hospital won both compensatory and punitive damages against a doctor and a nurse – both state employees – in ...

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

ROANOKE – Justice William C. Mims of the Virginia Supreme Court compares his formula for well-being with the cylinders of his car. The car may have six cylinders, but if the spark is lacking for any one of them, the ...

Tagged with: Health & Wellness Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia News Virginia State Bar

An Alexandria man arrested after refusing to give his name to a Stafford County sheriff’s deputy is suing the officer, contending his experience illustrates the risks of “driving while black.” According to the suit, George Wingate, an African American, was ...

Some older Virginia inmates may get a break on parole eligibility with a change in policy by the Department of Corrections. Previously, when an inmate’s offenses occurred both before and after Jan. 1, 1995 – the date parole was abolished ...

The judges of the 24th Judicial Circuit have announced that James R. Richards of Lynchburg has been appointed as commissioner of accounts effective Aug. 1. Richards will serve along with Leighton Houck, the judges said in a statement Richards will be ...