The jurisdictional limit of Virginia’s general district courts would go from $25,000 to $50,000 under a bill moving through the General Assembly. Senate Bill 1108 would double the maximum civil jurisdictional limit of general district courts. The present concurrent limit ...

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(AP) A new coalition held its first meeting May 22 to try to tackle the complicated question of why Virginia is home to five out of the top 10 cities in the country with the highest eviction rates. The Campaign to ...

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(AP) A new coalition of affordable housing advocates, lawyers and property managers is starting work on its goal to bring down high eviction rates in Richmond and four other cities in Virginia. The Campaign to Reduce Eviction is scheduled to ...

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A Culpeper County employee who successfully sued the county commonwealth’s attorney for assault and battery could lose his district court victory because he doesn’t have the money to pursue his appeal in circuit court. In the case involving lame-duck Commonwealth’s ...

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Private ingenuity has opened doors to Virginia trial court records where government, so far, has feared to tread. Two online search engines now allow for name searches of most Virginia circuit court records and traffic and criminal records in general ...

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The authority that runs the “Dulles Toll Road” was wrong to sue under that name, but it can fix its claim with an amendment, a Fairfax general district judge ruled this month. Nevertheless, the ruling calls into question the validity ...

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Walk through the parking lot of any shopping center and you will see them. Walk up to the counter of any convenience store and you will see them. Little pine-tree air fresheners. They are designed to hang from the rear-view ...

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Viral videos of police violence. Damning evidence of driver intoxication. An officer’s redemption by camera. As cameras have grown smaller and easier to use, the proliferation of video recordings of police encounters with civilians is changing the nature of law ...

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Some Northern Virginia drivers socked with high-dollar court judgments for unpaid HOT Lanes tolls may have a legal tool to undo the damage. A Fairfax County general district judge ruled last month that the toll operator had improperly used an ...

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In June 2012, plaintiff found a vehicle she liked on eBay, being sold by Auto Loox in Fairfax. The vehicle was listed for $5,995. Plaintiff contacted Auto Loox and agreed to purchase the vehicle for $5,995. The sale was “as ...

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