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Lawyers who have given sound advice may think they need not worry about being sued by clients. Not necessarily. Giving sound advice is one thing. Getting the client to follow the advice is another. A disappointed client sued a law ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jane Marum Roush Legal Malpractice

Seven people – four judges, two lawyers in private practice and a law professor – have been seeking bar endorsements for a pending seat on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. will be retiring from the ...

Tagged with: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Judge Glen A. Huff Judge Jane Marum Roush Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Judgeships Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Supreme Court of Virginia News

A lawyer whose wife sold knock-off fashion accessories on the Internet ended up defending both a $2 million trademark infringement suit and Virginia State Bar disciplinary charges. The lawsuit – criticized as “legal extortion” in one pleading – cost the ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia had mostly good news this month for lawyers seeking damages in state courts. The court opened doors for disgruntled consumers and removed one possible hurdle for litigants seeking punitive damages. The court also made it ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Mark Herring Consumer Protection Judge Charles F. Sharp Judge F. Patrick Yeatts Judge Joseph J. Ellis Justice Cleo E. Powell Justice William C. Mims Lynchburg Circuit Court Personal Injury Spotsylvania Circuit Court Stafford County Circuit Court Supreme Court of Virginia News

A father’s “perks” from a family home-building business – rent-free quarters and a company car – counted as income when calculating support for his three children, a Fairfax Circuit Court decided after a four-day trial that delved into company accounts. ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jane Marum Roush

A mother convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal overdose of her two-year-old daughter was cleared of that crime with a ruling by the Court of Appeals of Virginia. The court reversed and dismissed the criminal charge that ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals News

A suspended Virginia lawyer launched an election campaign for circuit court clerk despite pending state bar charges that he improperly used trust money for personal purposes. Kevin L. Cash is scheduled to face the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board on ...

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Employers are well served to develop a strategy for hiring. One strategy may be the “defensive hiring process.” Although the name sounds bad, the strategy itself is sound. Defensive hiring allows the company to identify the most qualified candidates for ...

Tagged with: Law Office Management

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on April 20, addressing how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to employer wellness programs that are part of a group health plan. Wellness programs, which are otherwise regulated ...

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“Spawned from the need to confront a policy that offended personal and professional dignity,” African-American lawyers in Virginia began organizing 75 years ago to form the Old Dominion Bar Association, according to ODBA history. Members of the statewide bar group ...

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