June 11, 2019
Comments Off on Owners, agent face bias claims over large family
A judge has allowed a lawsuit to move forward against owners and a rental agent who allegedly balked at renting a home to a large family. The owners reportedly sought extra rent when they learned a family of nine was ...
Tagged with: Housing Judge Jeanette A. Irby Loudoun County Circuit Court Real Estate
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June 10, 2019
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Allowing a young visitor to Colonial Williamsburg to eat his homemade meal with classmates in a historic tavern might be a necessary accommodation to his special dietary needs, a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals News ADA
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June 10, 2019
Comments Off on Veteran prosecutors face challengers bent on reform
FAIRFAX (AP) For decades they’ve been fixtures in Northern Virginia courthouses: longtime prosecutors who made their names and earned public trust with successful convictions of serial killers and snipers. Now, though, a national reform movement emphasizing the rights of defendants ...
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June 7, 2019
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By Sharon L. Thornton BridgeTower Media Newswires The most important gift that you can leave your heirs is a well-thought-out transition of property. Circumstances change in life. It could be divorce, death, deciding to no longer enable grown children to ...
Tagged with: Beneficiary Estate Planning
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June 5, 2019
Comments Off on Trial depo can be used for motion to strike
In a case where corporate confusion may have torpedoed a six-figure tax relief claim, a Fairfax County judge ruled that trial depositions may be used to support a motion to strike. The statute barring the use of depositions for summary ...
Tagged with: Deposition Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard Virginia Circuit Courts
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June 4, 2019
Comments Off on School sues parents, lawyer for fees in special ed case
In a rare move, a Virginia public school system is suing a student’s parents and the parents’ attorney for an award of attorneys’ fees under the federal special education law. The Roanoke County School Board contends the parents filed a ...
Tagged with: Education
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June 3, 2019
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What makes so many lawyers unfulfilled, unhappy or – worse – impaired? A new report from a special Virginia State Bar committee points to factors underlying the legal profession’s wellness problem and offers practice pointers to help. The report is ...
Tagged with: Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons Health & Wellness
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May 31, 2019
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By Jamie Bushart BridgeTower Media Newswires With more and more people working remotely, a common question clients asked this past tax season was whether they are eligible to take the home office deduction. This is also referred to as business ...
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May 29, 2019
Comments Off on Wife, whose breach of PSA was contempt, must pay fees
A wife who breached two sections of the couple’s property settlement agreement was properly held in civil contempt, the Virginia Court of Appeals has held. And under the PSA, she must pay her ex-husband’s attorneys’ fees for enforcing the agreement. ...
Tagged with: Contempt Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Real Estate Virginia Court of Appeals News
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May 28, 2019
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Even though Virginia’s chief justice has questions about the practice, lawyers and judges say having different judges handle various aspects of a case is a system that works in busy courthouses. The subject came up at a May 8 meeting ...
Tagged with: Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons Motions
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