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A California appeals court has upheld an $87 million verdict earned by a Virginia law firm representing a couple who claimed an ingredient used in Roundup weed killer gave them cancer. In the Aug. 9 published decision from the California ...

Roanoke County Circuit Judge Charles N. Dorsey ordered the removal of a Confederate statue from the front of the Roanoke County courthouse last month. And if the statue isn’t moved, the court must be moved to a different location, he ...

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Amendments to the Virginia Code last year prohibiting a traffic stop for excessively tinted windows are not retroactive, a Newport News circuit judge has ruled. He declined to suppress drugs and weapons found during a stop in March 2020. The ...

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The Virginia General Assembly elected eight new judges to the Court of Appeals on Aug. 10, completing a historic expansion of the court and ushering in new diversity in race, gender and background. The eight new judges, along with their ...

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In addition to electing eight new judges to the expanded Court of Appeals, the General Assembly elected six new judges to Virginia’s lower courts. Those judges are: Curtis M. Hairston Jr., Chesterfield General District Court R. Lucas Hobbs, Washington General ...

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A defense often raised in federal litigation could have added vitality in a state courtroom under a judge’s ruling last month. While a Roanoke circuit judge acknowledged the potential viability of the “intracorporate immunity doctrine” in a Virginia civil conspiracy ...

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If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: Think before you post. This recommendation applies to everyone, of course. But if you’re a lawyer, then you’d best heed my advice and tread lightly when posting commentary online on social ...

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Few states in this country have as rich of a judicial history as Virginia, with court records dating to before the founding of the nation. To preserve that history, efforts have been made to archive the entire history of the ...

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Leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate announced an agreement this afternoon on the eight candidates to be nominated for certification and election to the Virginia Court of Appeals. The eight are: Dominique A. Callins, Front Royal Doris ...

After a seemingly endless 2020, the world is gradually returning to some form of normalcy. But it’s yet to be seen how business development may change as a result of the pandemic. For more than a year, lawyers have not ...

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