April 15, 2019
Comments Off on ‘Stuck on the status quo’: The future is here, but small firm lawyers too busy to change
Lawyers know the dangers of taking an ostrich approach to new technology and new practice models, but small firm lawyers may be too busy keeping their businesses afloat to try new techniques to help them survive and compete. A recent ...
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April 12, 2019
Comments Off on Lawsuit claims ex-EDA director misappropriated $17.6M
The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority has filed a lawsuit alleging its former executive director misappropriated more than $17.6 million in public funds. The allegations were leveled against Jennifer R. McDonald; the suit also named several of her business associates, including ...
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April 11, 2019
Comments Off on Judges detail encounters with wayward lawyers
HOT SPRINGS – From swinging baseball bats to overdramatic facial expressions, a panel of judges last month described the various ways lawyers can fall from favor in the courtroom, and they offered suggestions on how to avoid similar transgressions. Knowing ...
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April 10, 2019
Comments Off on Court splits on search of covered motorcycle
A police officer’s peek under a motorcycle cover has exposed different views on law enforcement searches among Virginia Supreme Court justices. Five of the seven justices who considered the Albemarle County search concluded the officer’s good faith in checking for ...
Tagged with: Judge Cheryl V. Higgins Supreme Court of Virginia News
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April 9, 2019
Comments Off on 2nd nonsuit granted 15 years after first one
Where a woman filed a divorce suit against her husband in 2003, then nonsuited it, she can obtain a second nonsuit when she filed for divorce again 15 years later, but it counts as a second nonsuit and her husband ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner
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April 8, 2019
Comments Off on Slashing stereotypes and puncturing paradigms
HOT SPRINGS – Changes in society – and differences in society – mean lawyers have to have some imaginative tricks in their toolboxes. Insuring that cases are resolved on the merits, and not on stereotypes and outdated expectations, requires lawyers ...
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April 5, 2019
Comments Off on Felony conviction nixed in threats to prosecutor
An immigrant facing possible deportation caught a break March 12 when the Court of Appeals of Virginia reversed his two felony convictions for obstruction of justice based on threats to both a prosecutor and a police officer. While condemning threats ...
Tagged with: Immigration Virginia Court of Appeals News
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April 4, 2019
Comments Off on Fairfax County blocks suits with sovereign immunity
The county attorney’s office in Fairfax has three notches on its belt with recent wins using the sovereign immunity defense. In three different injury claims, judges in Fairfax and Alexandria have extended the protection of the doctrine of sovereign immunity ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Sovereign Immunity
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April 3, 2019
Comments Off on Judge draws the line on deposition corrections
A federal judge in Richmond has drawn a distinct line in his approach to witnesses who try to use written corrections to get the last word on their deposition answers. The judge said a deponent could correct a missing comment, ...
Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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April 2, 2019
Comments Off on Dismissal of case with sick lawyer was ‘harsh’
Even though a lawyer notified the court and opposing counsel that he was acutely ill, when he and his client failed to show for trial of a car-crash claim, a Fairfax Circuit judge dismissed the case with prejudice, then refused ...
Tagged with: Supreme Court of Virginia News
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