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A clause in an arbitration agreement awarding attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party can be severed, because the Virginia Values Act only entitles a plaintiff to an award of attorneys’ fees, the Western District of Virginia has ruled. As a ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon

The Supreme Court of Virginia has reversed a trial court’s decision closing a pretrial bail hearing to the public and sealing records in the case of a Newport News police officer indicted for murder. The plaintiff newspaper publishers claimed the ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia

Legal luminaries from across the commonwealth came together for Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s Leaders in the Law and Up & Coming Lawyers awards program. The honorees for the Class of 2022 were celebrated at a recognition awards event on Oct. 25 ...

A prompt correction to a signature defect on a complaint alleging Title VII violations against a plaintiff’s former employer allowed the complaint to survive a motion to dismiss filed by the defendant employer for untimely filing. The signature defect was ...

A medical malpractice claim that a plaintiff failed to disclose when she filed for bankruptcy has been dismissed for lack of standing. The defendants discovered the bankruptcy filing on the eve of trial and filed a motion to dismiss the ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner Medical Malpractice

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the “Go To Lawyers” for medical malpractice law, for both plaintiffs’ and defense side. Now in its third year, the “Go To Lawyers” program recognizes top lawyers in a particular practice area. Earlier ...

The definition of “employer” applicable to actions under Code § 40.1-29(J) for unpaid wages is narrower than the definition in the Virginia Minimum Wage Act, or VMWA, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Supreme Court of Virginia has held.  ...

Tagged with: Employment Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia

Michelle S. Kallen was chosen by her peers as Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s 2022 “Leader of the Year.” Kallen, former solicitor general with the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia and now a partner at Jenner & Block in Washington, ...

The Eastern District of Virginia has limited the scope of expert testimony in advance of a trial between two companies litigating whether commercial lease conditions relating to the construction and operation of a fitness club were breached. U.S. District Judge ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The public does not have a First Amendment right to remotely access civil court records, even though attorneys can access the records and they are publicly available at the courthouse, the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in a case ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District