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A long-haul of a case filed in the Western District of Virginia by motorists claiming a tractor trailer driver was liable for injuries they received during a multivehicle accident on the interstate has reached the end of the road after ...

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The Virginia State Bar will honor a pair of Virginia attorneys later this year with awards. Onancock attorney Henry P. Custis Jr. is this year’s recipient of the Tradition of Excellence Award from the Virginia State Bar’s General Practice Section, ...

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the “Go To Lawyers” for appellate law. Now in its fourth year, the “Go To Lawyers” program recognizes top lawyers in a particular practice area. Earlier this year, we celebrated “Virginia’s Go To ...

A life care planner’s expert report was excluded from an auto accident trial after a federal judge ruled that the planner rendered medical opinions that she was not qualified to in her report. U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen handed ...

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A former employee’s retaliation claim against her employer was dismissed as untimely despite arguments that the statute of limitations under the Virginia Whistleblower Protection Law, or VWPL, accrued on her last day of work, rather than the day she was ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Federal Tort Claims Act, or FTCA, allows people who claim they were assaulted by Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, screeners to sue the federal government, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held in an issue of first ...

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The Western District of Virginia conditionally certified a class of bartenders and barbacks who claimed a rock festival violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, and Virginia laws in 2021 and 2022. The defendants argued that class certification wasn’t ...

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In celebration of Earth Day, a Richmond-based law firm has planned multiple interactive Earth Day events in four cities across the country, including Richmond. Hunton Andrews Kurth announced the events on April 21, one day before the 53rd annual Earth ...

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The Virginia State Bar is seeking attorneys to serve as guardians ad litem for attorneys appearing before the VSB Disciplinary Board in impairment proceedings. Per an April 25 announcement from the VSB, guardians ad litem “further the VSB’s mission of ...

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The Advisory Committee on Rules of Court in Virginia is currently seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would specify the standard Virginia trial courts should apply when evaluating a motion for a preliminary injunction. “The law is currently ...

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