More on Employment Law in Virginia By Seth Berenzweig and Drew Smith With a medley of infograph­ics, tickers and colorful personalities that leave the television more crowded than a fish market on Good Friday, Fox News ascended in the past ...

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More on Employment Law in Virginia By Katie Lipp and David Moon LinkedIn has quickly emerged as the premier social media outlet for professional network­ing in the United States. However, while the platform presents an exciting opportunity for com­panies to ...

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More on Employment Law in Virginia By Steve Britt and Frank Gulino During tax season earlier this year, a human resources professional at a Virginia government contractor received an email purportedly from the company’s CEO requesting the 2016 tax forms ...

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More on Employment Law in Virginia By Clyde Findley and Ryen Rasmus Intellectual property law is com­plicated. It protects legal rights associated with intangible and never-before-seen items. The IP field is full of jargon and contradic­tions, has few bright-line rules, ...

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More on Employment Law in Virginia By Terrence O’Connor and Stephanie Wilson Although the Bible tells us that “No man can serve two masters,” judges may disagree. Judges are increasing­ly ruling that, in some instances, a subcontractor’s employee can have ...

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A mining company discriminated in violation of Title VII against plaintiff, an evangelical Christian who had a religious objection to using a biometric hand scanner, when it refused to accommodate his beliefs, despite offering alternatives to the hand scanner to ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss plaintiff’s race and disability bias lawsuit under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, due to plaintiff’s repeated failures to respond to discovery requests and appear at court hearings; the ...

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A Lynchburg U.S. District Court awards summary judgment to defendant housing authority that did not rehire a 52-year-old mechanic with 20 years’ experience for a downgraded position because he was overqualified, would cost too much and would not be happy ...

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A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge recommends dismissal of a 69-year-old African-American male substitute teacher’s suit alleging race and age bias in defendant school system’s removal of him from the substitute list based on his alleged failure to follow ...

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A Roanoke U.S. District Court that granted summary judgment to defendant Kroger in a female management trainee’s suit alleging a male store manager hugged female employees and commented on their clothing, make-up and general appearance, awards defendants costs of $5,396.56, ...

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