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A Tennessee consultant’s motion to dismiss in a breach of contract case has been denied by the Western District of Virginia. The federal court ruled it had personal jurisdiction because the consultant and a Virginia company had previously agreed to ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Personal jurisdiction U.S. District Court - Western District

A Virginia circuit court has ruled that provisions in a property settlement agreement, or PSA, which regulated introduction of the parties’ romantic partners to their child were unconstitutionally vague, void as against public policy and unenforceable. Judge David Bernhard of ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Family Law Judge David Bernhard Virginia Circuit Courts

A student’s claims that administrators of a Virginia university defamed him during his dismissal from the school’s physician assistant program due to patient safety concerns have survived dismissal. Judge Thomas T. Cullen of the Western District of Virginia wrote that ...

Tagged with: Defamation Education Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

A Richmond-based nonprofit honored two attorneys, including an Arlington corporate counsel attorney, with its annual alumni award earlier this summer. The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, or LCLD, awarded its 8th annual Rick Palmore LCLD Alumni Award to Patrick Fang ...

In a case of first impression, a Virginia circuit court has upheld a felony conviction secured by a prosecutor who was unlicensed during the trial. After reviewing similar decisions from other jurisdictions, Judge David A. Oblon of the Fairfax County ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts

A federal court has granted an insurance company’s motion for summary judgment after determining that an accident involving a company employee using her personal vehicle for business purposes was not covered by the company’s insurance policy. The insurance company filed ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A federal court has rejected ADA claims filed by a home healthcare manager who refused to go on patient field visits during COVID due to physical limitations and was fired after rejecting her employer’s proposed accommodation. The plaintiff claimed her ...

Tagged with: Americans with Disabilities Act Employment U.S. District Court - Eastern District

This spring, Virginia’s legal community renewed its commitment to addressing hunger and food insecurity in the commonwealth, with 142 law offices and legal departments participating in the 16th annual Legal Food Frenzy. Created as a partnership between the Attorney General’s ...

Below, Virginia Lawyers Weekly presents a compilation of the Most Important Opinions from January to June 2022. You’ll find more than 100 cases highlighted. “Important Opinions” appear in the paper each week and on our website. These are the cases ...

After the expiration of the Virginia Supreme Court’s 40th emergency COVID order, the commonwealth has steadily been returning to in-person hearings and trials. And the Supreme of Virginia and Court of Appeals – which now provide for civil appeals by ...