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A panel of the Supreme Court of Virginia says Norfolk circuit judges did not exceed their authority when they refused a prosecutor’s request to drop charges in marijuana possession cases. The court’s ruling in a six-page order May 2 appears to ...

For the first time, Virginia lawyers are being asked this year to voluntarily report their pro bono contributions, and the chief justice is encouraging participation. In a letter going to all Virginia lawyers in the mid-June license renewal statement, Virginia Supreme ...

Virginia Supreme Court justices listened April 19 as lawyers argued over whether three circuit judges followed proper procedure in revoking the law license of Richmond’s Joe Morrissey. Morrissey was disbarred last year in part for his conduct involving a 2013 ...

Virginia law requires a more onerous label for some sex offenders if they have been convicted in other states, although the Supreme Court says it cannot discern a reason for the requirement. A recent ruling from the high court suggests ...

The legal community is being asked to weigh in on a plan to ditch the use of the word “shall” in the Virginia Rules of Court. After a Boyd-Graves study last year recommended elimination of “shall” in both the state ...

George Mason University students seeking more transparency about private donors to their school will have their case heard by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The high court granted an appeal to Transparent GMU on Mar. 12, the Fairfax County Times ...

A criminal defendant gets a second chance to make his case to the Court of Appeals even though his consolidated petition involving both a new conviction and a revocation proceeding listed only one of the two record numbers. The Supreme ...

An Alexandria man accused of an ambush, execution-style slaying of his boss at a Warrenton pharmacy is back in jail after the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled a lower court judge erred in granting bail. Acting less than a month ...

How close does your client have to be to that gun in the glovebox to be tagged on a weapons charge? In the absence of other kinds of connections to a firearm, he may be able to keep his distance, ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia has overturned one of the commonwealth’s largest verdicts for 2015, because one of the winning telecom companies was not properly registered with the State Corporation Commission prior to entry of the final judgment. Although Virginia ...