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February bar exam pass rate over 62%
The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners reports a 62.64% pass rate for the February bar exam, with 166 candidates passing the exam.
Virginia governor’s approval rating is split, poll shows
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's approval rating is nearly split, with 47% approval and 46% disapproval according to a George Mason University poll.
GMU law school dean leaving at end of academic year
After making accusations against George Mason University's president in congressional testimony in August, the dean of Mason's Scalia Law School is leaving at the end of the academic year.
Judge orders university board members removed
A judge on July 29 ordered that eight public university board members tapped by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin be removed from their posts in a victory for Virginia Senate Democrats […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
- Negligence and Tort -Hit by hockey puck, camper sustains TBI
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Ineffective assistance of counsel claim is rejected
- Criminal – 21-year-old MS-13 gang member receives five mandatory life sentences
- Appeals – Plaintiff lacks standing after he voluntarily settles his individual claims
- Appeals – Defendant’s release from prison moots his appeal
- Environmental – Injunction limiting release of chemical compound is vacated
- Fraud – False Claims Act suit against hospital is dismissed
- Constitutional – Suit over abuses in West Virginia foster care system is reinstated
- Prisons – Inmate’s suit was improperly dismissed
- Criminal – No dismissal of indictment despite Brady violation
- Sanctions – Contempt vacated because party wasn’t properly served
- Search & Seizure – Police had reasonable suspicion to search defendant’s bag
- Parent and child – ‘Best-interests of child’ standard isn’t unconstitutional
