An international legal dispute that began with a fire at a Boeing plant in South Carolina is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and it could end up significantly changing the way that companies that do business internationally resolve ...

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Defendant’s motion for a protective order, which would allow separate but simultaneous recordings of a deposition, is denied. Only one a-v “Section (d)(1) of Rule 4:7A states, ‘Any deposition may be recorded by audio-visual means without a stenographic record. The ...

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A Fairfax County judge has taken law enforcement to task for a nine-month delay in disclosing information helpful to the defense of a man charged with first-degree murder. “The Commonwealth buried its head in the sand,” wrote Circuit Judge Thomas ...

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The defendants in a trucking accident lawsuit should not be allowed to use a pair of medical experts who were designated after a discovery deadline, a federal judge in Roanoke has ruled. U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen rejected the defendants’ ...

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A plaintiff in a malicious prosecution case with a demand for punitive damages is entitled to discovery of the defendant’s net worth, a Virginia circuit judge has ruled. A defendant’s assets can be used as both a sword and shield ...

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A Newport News circuit judge says the opportunity to depose a risk manager is no substitute for having the official’s handwritten notes made a few days after a patient’s fall in a hospital. The decision by Judge Christopher R. Papile ...

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Basic criminal discovery procedures adopted by circuit judges in Fairfax County could inspire similar model discovery orders for courts around the state as criminal justice lawyers adjust to a new set of rules. The Fairfax judges distributed a model discovery ...

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Virginia criminal lawyers will be playing with a new rulebook when long-awaited criminal discovery reforms take effect July 1. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys say the changes in practice will be significant, but how the pretrial routine will change is ...

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ALEXANDRIA – The Supreme Court of Virginia will not enact language in the Virginia Rules that would require prosecutors to disclose “particular evidence” they know of that could help a criminal defendant. The court balked at a bar recommendation opposed ...

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Virginia prosecutors – state and federal – are aligned in opposition to a proposal that would impose an ethical requirement to highlight evidence favorable to an accused defendant in some cases. The Supreme Court of Virginia is considering adding language ...

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