February 7, 2019
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Delegates and senators questioned four prospects for a September vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia this month, and other candidates could emerge as the General Assembly session continues. Two of the candidates interviewed Feb. 6 professed to being “strict ...
Tagged with: General Assembly Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Judge Randolph A. Beales Judge Teresa M. Chafin Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Judicial Interviews Supreme Court of Virginia News
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February 6, 2019
Comments Off on Summary judgment bill survives Senate challenge
One part of a limited tort reform package narrowly made it out of the state Senate last month despite concerns about higher litigation costs in business disputes. But the limited tort reform measures now appear to be on their way ...
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February 5, 2019
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With a budget in hand that finally includes money to fill every authorized judgeship in Virginia, the General Assembly is busy picking candidates for those positions. Legislators have already named three new judges and courts committee members interviewed 22 more ...
Tagged with: General Assembly Judgeships
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February 4, 2019
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A push by Virginia prosecutors for additional money for handling body cam video recordings, combined with the burden of new criminal discovery rules, has led to a one-year delay in long-awaited criminal discovery reforms. Virginia Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons ...
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February 4, 2019
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WILLIAMSBURG—Virginia Beach lawyer Richard E. Garriott Jr. became the 131st president of the Virginia Bar Association at the group’s winter meeting Jan. 25. Garriott, who practices family law with Pender & Coward, is the first president in the VBA’s long ...
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February 4, 2019
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By Richard E. Garriott Jr. Editor’s Note: Virginia Beach lawyer Rich Garriott became president of the Virginia Bar Association at the group’s winter meeting in Williamsburg Jan. 25. Below are his remarks after taking the oath of office. “The first ...
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February 1, 2019
Comments Off on Res judicata applies only to previously available claims
A claim to collect on a state court judgment is not precluded by the doctrine of res judicata in cases where the claim could not have been brought at the time of prior litigation, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals News Judge Barbara Milano Keenan Res Judicata
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January 31, 2019
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The ruling of a Petersburg judge may have opened opportunities to challenge local land use decisions in Virginia. The circuit judge said a Petersburg city councilman had standing as an “officer” of the locality to appeal the decision of the ...
Tagged with: Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Land Use & Zoning Petersburg Circuit Court
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January 30, 2019
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A once-missing cellphone and the questions it raised about the credibility of an alleged assault victim led a Stafford County circuit judge to overturn a jury’s guilty verdicts and its recommended 35-year sentence this month. The judge ordered a new ...
Tagged with: Criminal Stafford County Circuit Court
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January 29, 2019
Comments Off on Bills would make suit for non-payment of wages easier
In Virginia, a worker who doesn’t get paid properly by his employer often has trouble collecting the money he is owed because it is not economically feasible for lawyers to take their cases. At present, unpaid workers’ remedies are to ...
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