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Just in time for Halloween, a contract and copyright dispute over the rights to a documentary that may be coming soon to a venue near you: Your Mommy Kills Animals. Plaintiffs Richard Berman and Maura Flynn and Flynn’s business, Speakeasy ...

When civil rights giant Oliver W. Hill died Aug. 5 at age 100, the Richmond chapter of the Old Dominion Bar Association already was looking forward to the “Next Hundred Years.” For several years, the Richmond chapter’s flagship program has ...

Maybe a defendant convicted of drug conspiracy deserves a break because most of his crack distribution occurred during the three-year period before he turned 19. But what if the defendant, “K-Smooth,” was one of the few members of the 30-odd ...

The Virginia Court of Appeals did some line-drawing yesterday, and let criminal defense lawyers know there is at least one case that should not have drawn a Rule 5A:18 argument. Defense lawyers know the power of the contemporaneous objection rule, ...

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The Virginia Court of Appeals did some line-drawing yesterday, and let criminal defense lawyers know there is at least one case that should not have drawn a Rule 5A:18 argument. Defense lawyers know the power of the contemporaneous objection rule, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Virginia Court of Appeals

“How’m I doing?” was former New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s trademark greeting to his constituents. Lawyers may ask themselves the same question. Lawyers who labor in a law firm often use the almighty billable hour as their primary measure ...

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Professor Neill H. Alford Jr., who taught law at the University of Virginia law school for 41 years, has died at the age of 88. The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an appreciation.

The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that Norfolk Circuit Judge Alfred M. Tripp has been barred from court. The paper’s source did not state the reasons for the action. The judge’s docket was transferred to another judge Friday and a substitute judge ...

The Virginia State Bar Council took decidedly different positions Friday on two issues described as public protection measures. One was a proposal to require insurance companies to notify claimants when they mail settlement checks to the claimants’ attorneys. That measure ...

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The results for the July 2007 Virginia Bar Examination are in. Click on the words above and you’ll head to a list of the 1,081 applicants who were successful in Roanoke last summer. A total of 1,502 people sat for ...

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