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Roy L. Pearson Jr., who lost his $54 million lawsuit against a D.C. dry cleaning shop over a lost pair of pants, is out of a job. He had been an administrative law judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings, ...

Frank J. Santoro has been named a bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk, to replace David H. Adams who will retire Jan. 2, 2008, upon the completion of his term of appointment. Santoro (right) is expected ...

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A woman and her daughter, visiting Virginia Beach from the Midwest, claim they were attacked by bedbugs at the Rodeway Inn, a hotel on Atlantic Avenue. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the pair have filed a lawsuit, seeking more than $400,000 ...

Of the 20 people indicted last year in the Henry County drug-trafficking scandal, only one, a former sergeant in the sheriff’s office, sought a jury trial. That case is scheduled to begin today in Roanoke federal court. The Roanoke Times ...

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Yesterday, the American Bar Association renewed its call for a nationwide moratorium on use of the death penalty; the group issued a report based on several states’ experience, calling the system “deeply flawed.” Virginia was not one of the states ...

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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