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The Supreme Court of Virginia has added new rules to govern the revived judicial performance evaluation program. Effective Oct. 31, the court added a new Part Nine to the Rules of the Supreme Court with Rules 9:1 and 9:2. The ...

The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed misdemeanor convictions for a mother who could not get her three children to school on time when they had mid-week overnight visitation with her. Maureen Blake said she and one child had been diagnosed ...

In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Virginia decided a Charlottesville man was properly convicted of DUI after he was found asleep in his car, parked in his private driveway, with the radio playing. The Virginia DUI statute has ...

The parent of an 8-year-old girl who was injured while operating an all-terrain vehicle cannot sue the ATV’s owner when the girl’s father was present, gave permission for her use and supervised her efforts, the Virginia Supreme Court said on ...

A carpet cleaning business has asked the Supreme Court of Virginia to uphold an order requiring the consumer-review website Yelp.com to identify anonymous posters of bad reviews. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, which operates in Northern Virginia, sued the “John Doe” posters ...

A debtor did not forfeit her personal injury action when she converted her Chapter 13 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 case, the Supreme Court of Virginia said, reversing a trial court decision holding the debtor lacked standing to pursue ...

Emailing sexually explicit photos of a minor to yourself is distribution of child pornography, the Supreme Court of Virginia said in an unpublished order released Oct. 17. The court affirmed Donald R. Hausen’s conviction on two counts of distribution under ...

A pastor who lost his job can sue the church officials who fired him, the Supreme Court of Virginia said on Oct. 10. The pastor’s lawsuit does not require a Virginia trial court to inquire “into the faith or doctrine ...

A trial court erred when it dismissed a legal malpractice action against a bankruptcy lawyer after reviewing the record of the bankruptcy case, the Supreme Court of Virginia said on Oct. 3. The high court reinstated the malpractice claim, which a ...

A litigant was shorted on his legal fees, prompting a reversal by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The high court said John Richard Harvey’s legal bill of $39,480.46 in fees and costs for his successful petition to have a conservator ...