In 2019, long before COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the World Health Organization designated 2020 as “The Year of the Nurse and Midwife.” In addition, the American Nurses Association has extended their annual “Nurses Week” to take place for ...

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Many businesses that shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic expected their business interruption insurance would provide some financial relief. But lawyers and insurance experts say it will be an uphill battle to obtain benefits without showing unusual circumstances. At least ...

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Courts across Virginia are again opening their doors for in-person hearings and trials. But officials say it will be anything but “business as usual” as courtrooms return to open proceedings. While the Supreme Court of Virginia has distributed a 16-page ...

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As the number of Virginians testing positive for COVID-19 continues to climb, one Fairfax attorney is doing his part to help flatten the curve. In 2018, intellectual property lawyer Sal Bezos picked up a new hobby: 3D printing. Bezos initially had ...

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Judge Gilbert Berger decided Culpeper residents shouldn’t have to wait to be given their driver’s licenses while the rest of the world is on hold. “We were shut down, so to speak, by the first orders of the Supreme Court, ...

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With many thousands of Virginians working out of the office, employers may face a question they’ve never previously considered: Can employees file workers’ compensation claims if they are injured while working from home? In short, the answer is yes – though ...

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Say your client or their spouse has an ownership interest in a business, and that business is marital property. Since the nationwide shutdown began, the value of that business has gone down. What do you do now? Everyone hopes this ...

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The coronavirus has caused a ripple through personal injury practice. A hold on elective surgeries led to a loss of patients for the medical community. Thousands, if not millions, of Virginians are out of their offices. The stay-at-home order has ...

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If “social distancing” is this year’s buzzword, then “productivity” is its runner up. Scrolling through social media, it seems everyone is trying to learn a new quarantine skill. Some people are crocheting couches for their cat. Others have picked up ...

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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a governor’s order may limit, but not eliminate, virus liability exposure for some health care providers. Responding to a bid for broader and more specific liability protection for medical professionals in the pandemic emergency, Gov. Ralph ...

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