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Here’s a word of caution for lawyers who use Twitter professionally: If you part ways with your firm, your ex-employer may get custody of your Tweets. In the past few years, legal disputes over social media have become increasingly common. ...

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Roanoke City Attorney William “Bill” M. Hackworth has been named the 2011 recipient of the Edward J. Finnegan Distinguished Service Award from the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. The statewide award is presented each year to an individual who ...

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Roanoke City Attorney William “Bill” M. Hackworth has been named the 2011 recipient of the Edward J. Finnegan Distinguished Service Award from the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. The statewide award is presented each year to an individual who ...

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly has the names of the 1,156 successful candidates who sat for the Virginia bar examination in July 2011. The list includes a section for exam-takers who passed but are not being licensed at this time due to ...

Former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell has gone to court to dispute an $18,250 bill from a Virginia attorney. Reston lawyer Jonathan Moseley has demanded $18,250 for work and expenses for the former Delaware Republican Senate candidate, according to the ...

As long as there have been judges, there have been people telling you how to persuade judges, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a crowd of 500 lawyers and judges at the annual Richmond Bench Bar conference Oct. 13. ...

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A grieving mother and father refused to believe that their 17-year-old son was responsible for the car crash that ended his life. But the defendant driver stood by his story that the teen passenger’s rash action caused him to run ...

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A Newport News judge has set aside a multimillion dollar personal injury award against electronics retailer Best Buy on the grounds the verdict was excessive. In August, a seven-member jury awarded $5,225,000 to Michael Chavis, who was injured after a ...

Tagged with: Judge C. Peter Tench Million-Dollar Verdicts Newport News Circuit Court Personal Injury

(AP) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will be the guest speaker this afternoon when the University of Richmond law school dedicates its moot courtroom in memory of the late U.S. District Judge Robert Merhige Jr. Breyer is expected to ...

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Shenandoah County lawyer and substitute judge James H. Allamong Jr. has been arrested after authorities found marijuana plants growing on his property. The plants were discovered while firefighters were responding to a nearby shed fire, according to the Northern Virginia ...

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