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A former Department of Social Services (DSS) director can move forward on her First Amendment retaliation and wrongful termination claim against a member of the DSS Board and County Board of Supervisors, a federal court judge has ruled. But U.S. ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Thomas T. Cullen retaliation U.S. District Court - Western District wrongful termination

The Virginia State Bar is set to evaluate 18 candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia. The individual selected will replace Judge William C. Mims, who announced his retirement from the bench on July 28. Mims, ...

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Much attention has been placed on efforts at the federal level to control the spread of COVID-19 in the country’s workplaces, including President Joe Biden’s announcement in early September that workplaces of more than 100 workers would have to require ...

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An employee’s retaliation suit against the supervisor he claimed made repeated comments about his protected activity was dismissed improperly, according to a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel. The panel said the district court erred when it dismissed the ...

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A federal judge has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a coverage dispute stemming from an accident involving a driver who obtained permission to drive via fraud. In issuing summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurance company, ...

Tagged with: Fraud Insurance Judge Roderick C. Young Motor vehicle negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employer said an employee agreed to arbitrate employment-related claims against the company, but the employee denied signing any such agreement. Now, a jury must decide if an agreement to arbitrate was reached. U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela Meade Sargent of ...

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The Virginia State Bar is seeking comment on a proposed legal ethics opinion on what communication is permitted between a prosecutor and a victim represented by counsel in the criminal case handled by the prosecutor and a related civil case. ...

Fairfax County police have stopped publishing a weekly arrest blotter after county officials found it violated a policy that restricts the dissemination of personal information that could aid immigration enforcement. Immigrant rights and civil liberties groups had been pushing for ...

A Richmond federal judge has rejected a state-law wrongful termination claim based on alleged retaliation against an employee who reported safety and health violations. The Bowman claim fizzled because the state code already provides a “extensive statutory remedy” that precludes ...

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A Newport News judge has denied a criminal defendant’s motion to dismiss made after the commonwealth’s attorney declined to prosecute a misdemeanor concealed weapon charge. Judge Gary A. Mills agreed with a Fairfax County Circuit Court holding earlier this year ...

Tagged with: concealed weapon Criminal Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Gary A. Mills