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Nearly 60 percent of applicants who sat for the February 2014 bar exam have passed, according to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners. Of the 547 applicants, a total of 325 successfully completed the exam, for an overall pass rate ...

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The omission of a check mark in a box on defendant’s prior DUI arrest warrant indicating he was pleading guilty voluntarily did not preclude the trial court from counting that DUI conviction toward defendant’s third-offense prosecution, and the Court of ...

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Another year, another tough outlook for hiring among the commonwealth’s biggest law firms. For the second year in a row, and the third time in four years, Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s survey of “Virginia’s Largest Law Firms” reports more attorney losses ...

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A buyer who was told the 2003 Dodge Ram pickup he bought from defendant had 29,586 miles when in fact it had an odometer reading of 105,000 miles wins statutory damages of $11,625 under 49 U.S.C. § 32710(a) and $11,343 ...

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly won a combined seven awards when the results from statewide journalism contests held by two Virginia press groups were announced April 5. VLW brought home a silver and a bronze in the Virginia Press Association 2013 News ...