Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced he will run for governor instead of for reelection. Cuccinelli’s declaration upsets an orderly succession of the GOP ticket that swept all three statewide offices in 2009 and could prompt a nasty intraparty fight. ...

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(AP) A Richmond man who had been imprisoned nearly 30 years for at least one sexual assault he didn’t commit has been exonerated in two other rape cases. A divided Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a writ of ...

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has refused to come to the defense of fishermen fighting a $10,000 trespassing lawsuit who say they were assured by the state they had a right to stand and cast their lines in the Jackson ...

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A parent facing jail time for back child support has minimal due process rights, the U.S. Supreme Court said late last month. An initial review of current practice in Virginia indicates courts in the commonwealth provide even greater protection than ...

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The legal battle over the federal health care act has made it to the next level. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments May 10 in the first two cases to advance from the trial court level to ...

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The lawyer for the families suing Virginia Tech over the April 16 shootings says Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli should step aside from representing the school because of his public comments about the lawsuits. Accusing Cuccinelli of jeopardizing a fair ...

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A bill sailing through the General Assembly would expand the attorney general’s power to investigate nursing home abuse and neglect, even in cases where the patient does not receive government assistance. Currently under Virginia law, state investigators can subpoena only ...

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Two Democratic senators are offering bills that would restrain Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s civil inquest into climate change research at the University of Virginia. State Sens. A. Donald McEachin of Henrico and J. Chapman Petersen of Fairfax County said Tuesday ...

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After sending mixed signals last year on the legality of a new wave of gambling ventures in Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is backing legislation to “clarify” that the sweepstakes games are illegal under Virginia gambling law. The legislation adds ...

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“Running and capping” sounds like a gangland crime. It is in fact prohibited by a Virginia statute, but it’s a prohibition that applies to lawyers. Virginia Code § 54.1-3941, bars running and capping, or improperly partnering with nonlawyers to win ...

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