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AG: New cash proffer statute is retroactive
A new attorney general opinion may have set the stage for a court battle over whether Virginia localities can seek early payment of cash proffers from developers. Some fast-growing localities […]
GDCs can sanction lawyers, AG says
District courts can sanction lawyers, according to Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. They have the same power as circuit and appellate courts to discipline attorneys under both their […]
Cuccinelli opinion addresses government holiday displays
Local governments can display religious holiday displays, provided other beliefs are allowed to display their holiday symbols, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wrote in an advisory opinion. Cuccinelli publicly released the […]
Clerks may record court proceedings
A new Attorney General opinion gives the green light for Virginia court clerks to make and sell recordings of court proceedings. It has been met with widely varying reactions in […]
Healthcare challenge advances in federal court
(AP) An Oct. 18 hearing before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson will be the next major proceeding in Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli‘s challenge to a key element of […]
AG says Virginia police can query immigration status
Police in Virginia have authority similar to those in Arizona to question suspects they stop or arrest about their immigration status, the state attorney general said in an advisory opinion. […]
UVa challenges Cuccinelli in filing over climate work
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s demand for records related to a former University of Virginia professor’s climate change research is intended to challenge his conclusions rather than uncover fraud, the school […]
Judge to rule on health care suit in 30 days
(AP) A federal judge said yesterday that he expects to rule within a month on the Obama administration’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the new national health care reform […]
Virginia won’t join brief over funeral protest
Virginia was one of just two states that refused to join a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday supporting the father of a Marine whose funeral drew anti-gay protesters carrying inflammatory signs. Attorney […]
2010 Legal Food Frenzy sets record
The Richmond firm of Schettine & Nguyen PLC has won the Attorney General’s Cup for the third year in a row in the annual Legal Food Frenzy competition. Attorney General […]
Chief Justice convenes pro bono summit
Pro bono legal efforts in Virginia are as varied as the state’s regions, according to comments Tuesday at a pro bono summit called by Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. […]
AG sues over federal health care overhaul
(AP) Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Tuesday made good on his promise to sue the federal government over health care overhaul legislation, saying the new law is unconstitutional because […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Unlawful wounding by mob conviction is affirmed
- Patent and trademark – Amazon largely prevails on patent claims
- Criminal – Sentence for ‘unusually heinous’ conduct is affirmed
- Criminal – Sentence wasn’t unreasonable despite deportation consequences
- Appeals – Waiver in plea agreement forecloses most arguments on appeal
- Appeals – Appellant’s informal brief forfeited appellate review
- Employment – Failure to exhaust administrative remedies dooms Title VII suit
- Jurors – Dishonest juror didn’t violate defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights
- Criminal – Motion to suppress backpack denied where defendant abandoned item
- Civil Rights – Officer denied immunity in fatal shooting case
- Civil Rights – No qualified immunity on excessive force police K-9 claim
- Criminal – Probable cause includes dog’s positive alert for narcotics
