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No standing to challenge school transgender policy
Where the Virginia Department of Education developed a guidance document containing model policies for local school boards to use when adopting policies for the treatment of transgender students, plaintiffs lack standing to sue because they have not been aggrieved by the model policies. Background Recently enacted Code § 22.1-23.3(A) requires the VDOE to develop model […]
Wife awarded attorney’s fee related to custody and support
Where the issue of attorney’s fees related to custody, visitation and child support were bifurcated from the underlying divorce matter, the court concludes that wife is entitled to an attorney’s fee. However, the court will apply a 30 percent reduction of the requested amount after considering “the equity and justice of the case and the […]
COVID-19 emergency tolled appeal bond deadline
Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss with prejudice for failing to perfect an appeal is denied because the COVID-19 emergency tolled the deadline for filing an appeal bond. Ruling “I find that the plain meaning of the Supreme Court’s Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Emergency, as extended and clarified, tolled all ‘case-related deadlines, excluding […]
Adults under 21 not subject to gun background check
A Virginia statute requiring background checks for private firearms sales is facially valid but unconstitutional as applied to adults under 21 years old. The current background check system automatically rejects handgun purchases by those less than 21 years old. Overview Wilson seeks to sell guns from his private collection to Lowman, who is 18 years […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Jury reaches defense verdict in $4M med mal action
- Dental hygienist tripped, fractured right wrist, foot — $190,000 settlement
- Couple contracted Hepatitis A after dining at restaurant — $5.5M settlement
- Elderly man suffers hip fracture after attack by neighbor’s dog — $350,000 settlement
- Motorcyclist injured when vehicle abruptly changed lanes — $300,000 verdict
- Passenger ejected from car in high-speed chase crash — $685,000 settlement
- Defense verdict reached in fraud suit
- 8-year-old killed in crash involving tractor-trailer — $1,100,000 settlement
- Plaintiff conceived child after vasectomy — $250,000 settlement
- Delay in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy led to surgery — $283,432.18 settlement
- Golfer stepped in sinkhole, fractured ankle — $442,000 verdict
- Jury sides with woman injured in rear-end collision — $300,000 verdict
Viewpoint
- The promise and peril of artificial intelligence in patent law
- Keys to becoming an unfrazzled lawyer
- Confused about federal COVID-19 emergencies ending? You’re not alone
- Generative AI in law: New survey of lawyer perspectives and plans
- Four misconceptions about appeals
- Font choice exposes fabricated document
- USPTO launches first-time filer expedited exam pilot program
- In times of crisis, the ‘tug of war’ is over
- The ever-evolving Fourth Circuit
- Federal protections for pregnant, nursing employees coming
- It’s time for employers to embrace the ‘Big Quit’ and adapt
- Tell the whole truth? I’ll do better than that
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