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In an Equal Pay Act case, an employer offering reasons for pay disparities between men and women must show it actually applied those reasons in the wage decision process to avoid liability, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Barbara Milano Keenan Judge Henry F. Floyd Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III

A long running clash in the medical malpractice arena brought a win for doctors at the Supreme Court of Virginia last month, but lawyers for patients say the battle may continue at local courthouses. The issue is how to tell ...

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In its first opportunity to address new federal law on warrantless blood-alcohol tests, the Supreme Court of Virginia rejected three challenges from a driver convicted of refusing to give a breath sample. Despite those new rulings, the Virginia court has ...

Tagged with: Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia

A partner’s move means a name change for a downtown Richmond law firm. Beverley L. “Bev” Crump moved from the DurretteCrump Law Firm to work at ThompsonMcMullan, effective Jan. 1. The move led to a change from the DurretteCrump name ...

Despite resistance from Virginia trial lawyers, the Supreme Court of Virginia says a damning jury instruction can be used only when a tort litigant intentionally loses or destroys evidence, not in cases of mere negligent spoliation. The court’s Dec. 28 ...

Tagged with: Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr. Supreme Court of Virginia

Members of the Fairfax County delegation to the General Assembly have selected two attorneys for possible election to seats on the county juvenile and domestic relations bench. The legislators voted Friday to back Maha-Rebekah Abejuela of the county attorney’s office ...

Virginia Lt.-Gov.-elect Justin Fairfax has announced the hiring of Virginia attorney Larry Roberts as chief of staff. Both Fairfax and Roberts have said they will leave employment with the Venable law firm as they work for the state. Fairfax’ position ...

Ruling that concerns about latex exposure in a hospital workplace were mere speculation without testing, a federal judge has allowed the disability discrimination claim of a woman with a latex allergy to advance to trial. The decision last month by ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Arlington County lawyer was held in contempt by a judge and then reprimanded by the Virginia State Bar for trying to collect fees from a former client in violation of a bankruptcy stay. Tara E. Steinnerd agreed to the ...

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Gov.-elect Ralph Northam has appointed Richmond attorney Rita Davis as counsel to the governor. Davis is a litigator who has served as a senior assistant attorney general since 2016. As section chief over the OAG trial section, Davis now supervises ...