Lawyers and insurance companies are being careful as they pick through the wreckage of the law practice left behind by disbarred Maryland lawyer A. Ryan Lahuti. Lahuti has been convicted in Virginia for his role in an insurance fraud scam. ...

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A Northern Virginia family moved into an apartment in Fairfax in 2009 that they claim was so infested with bedbugs that they had to move out just a few months later. They just learned they can sue their landlord for ...

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Employers trying to trace the electronic trails of defecting employees may have a better chance to recover damages under a federal computer fraud statute, in the wake of a ruling in a new trade secrets case. The case involves a ...

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“Claim an injury and get you some money.” That was the advice from an investigator for a personal injury lawyer now facing up to 20 years in prison for insurance fraud in Virginia, according to federal authorities. The FBI claims ...

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Plaintiff homeowners refinanced their pre-existing mortgage in 2007 with a new loan from defendant lender. Plaintiffs alleged that they requested a new mortgage without mortgage insurance and were promised orally and in writing that the new loan would not have ...

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A Virginia Beach law firm is the alleged victim of more than $500,000 in thefts by its former bookkeeper. Police say a former employee of Bennett and Zydron PC, Diana L. Farmer-Forston, is accused of depositing forged checks into her ...

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An ex-employee of a Virginia Beach law firm allegedly stole $320,000 over 14 months. Diana Farmer-Forston, a former bookkeeper at Bennett and Zydron, has been charged with 16 counts of forgery and money laundering, reports WAVY-TV. She is currently behind ...

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A pair of Virginia lawyers felt the painful sting of dishonest employees in cases now coming to light through the criminal justice system. A Hanover County lawyer was out more than $4,500 when a newly hired paralegal conned him into ...

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A $2.35-million lawsuit over failed foot surgery, rejected by a Roanoke federal judge as an artful attempt to evade the statute of limitations, is alive again after an appeals court panel took a sharply different view of claims that a ...

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A former Northern Virginia real estate salesman facing nearly $50 million in claims from disappointed investors lost his bid for a bankruptcy discharge by hiding the value of his jewelry, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. Mark A. Jalajel is one ...

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