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Where a judge denies an attorney the opportunity to proffer impeachment evidence against a prosecution witness, the denial is a reversible error, a divided Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled. The high court noted that a defense attorney has a ...

Several significant changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will go into effect unless the U.S. Senate acts before Dec. 1, 1993. Current proposals pending before Congress include changes to Rule 11 governing sanctions, Rule 26 governing discovery, and ...

Fairfax courts are setting standards by which courts around the nation can be judged. That’s not simply hyperbole inflated by local pride. Fairfax courts really are helping to set national court standards, as part of a seven-year project to develop ...

VIENNA – Lawyers looking to correct the profession’s poor public image should start at the local level, said American Bar Association president R. William Ide III at a Fairfax Bar luncheon last week. Hundreds of thousands of small victories lead ...

When asked to name the most important issues now facing the legal profession, Fairfax lawyer Laurie L. Dolson lists two. One is access to the justice system. The other is client relations. And Dolson, the current president of the Fairfax ...

By Robert SmithMidford, News Editor Mediation will mean money to 11 bidders awarded Supreme Court contracts to provide mediation services free of charge to parties in trial-level cases beginning this fall. The program may also serve as a model for ...

A service station operator cannot bring a negligence suit against a subcontractor who damaged underground storage tanks while renovating the station, a Loudoun County Circuit judge has ruled. The time delay needed to repair the damage to the tanks delayed ...

WILLIAMSBURG-In a rare move, the Supreme Court of Virginia in August asked for public comment on a proposed rule of court which would limit to 30 the number of requests for admission without leave of court. The annual Boyd-Graves conference ...

Even though a father’s number of visitation days with his son entitled him to shared custody, a Loudoun County circuit judge has declined to lower his support obligation to that allowed by the shared custody formula. The fact that the ...

To provide a plaintiff incentive to settle, a Richmond circuit judge has slashed the medical lien of a state hospital by 50 percent. Without the reduction, the plaintiff would have been left with no recovery due to other medical liens ...