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By Scott Hansen BridgeTower Media Newswires There is an ever-increasing list of resources for investors seeking advice, including financial advisors or brokers, wealth managers, and estate and financial planners. However, quite a large number of investors feel that self-management of ...

A circuit judge says it’s okay for a defendant to plead guilty to something the defendant did not actually do if the defendant knows the plea is for his own benefit. Written judicial approval of the common criminal court practice ...

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

In the wake of the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment accusations in the federal judiciary, the question arises: How common is sexual harassment in the state judiciary, and how are accusations handled when they do occur? Officials of the Judicial ...

Tagged with: #MeToo JIRC Judge Bradley Cavedo Judge James M. Shull Judge Robert B. Beasley

A Blacksburg bank says it lost $2.4 million to Russian hackers and its insurance company is refusing to cover the loss. The National Bank of Blacksburg sued Everest National Insurance Co. in Roanoke federal court seeking a declaration as to ...

Tagged with: Banking Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

A patient who claimed he was denied recommended mental health treatment, beaten by another patient and unreasonably restrained at a state hospital won both compensatory and punitive damages against a doctor and a nurse – both state employees – in ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

ROANOKE – Justice William C. Mims of the Virginia Supreme Court compares his formula for well-being with the cylinders of his car. The car may have six cylinders, but if the spark is lacking for any one of them, the ...

Tagged with: Health & Wellness Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia News Virginia State Bar

A Virginia federal judge has ruled that a film festival’s use of a photograph taken from the internet without permission was fair use, much to the chagrin of the photographer who took the image and others in the photography world. ...

Tagged with: Copyright Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Six years after the General Assembly created a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus, a Virginia circuit judge has ruled that the mother is not the only family member that can claim damages under the law. ...

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

A Norfolk judge says a bright line rule has emerged from Virginia’s court rulings on non-moving DWI cases: If the defendant was in the driver’s seat and the key was in the ignition, the defendant was operating the vehicle. That ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court

In a tale of true perseverance and persistence, a Virginia attorney managed to successfully garnish a $60,000 default judgement plus interest after using social media to track the defendant down. The default judgement was handed down in Virginia Beach Circuit ...