Where executive orders issued to combat the spread of  COVID-19 were no longer in effect, the Virginia governor did not enforce the orders and the commonwealth had not consented to suit in federal court, a church’s challenge to the orders ...

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A church claiming the Virginia governor’s COVID-19 restrictions violate its freedom of religion was denied an injunction pending appeal because it failed to show it was likely to prevail on the merits. And as there is a related judicial proceeding ...

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The termination of a child counselor at a city-run juvenile detention center following a physical abuse incident did not violate the counselor’s due process rights because the counselor was given the opportunity to address the allegations against him in a ...

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Defendant cannot assert that its products were not dangerous and at the same time claim it relied on the Navy to warn end users of its dangerous products. Background On Jan. 12, 2018, plaintiffs filed a motion in limine to ...

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Bethune-Hill v. Va. St. Bd. of Elections, Case No. 3:14cv852, June 26, 2018. EDVA at Richmond (panel). VLW No. 018-3-262, 188 pp. Download Full-Text Opinion

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As seasoned attorneys know, the lofty principles that attract aspiring lawyers can quickly be overshadowed by client emergencies, Sisyphean scheduling conundrums, unreasonable opposing counsel, billing targets, intrafirm politics, and understaffed courts. But from time to time, our esteemed judges take ...

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Gavin Grimm, who attended a Virginia public high school and was prohibited from using the boys’ bathroom because he was identified as female at birth, sufficiently alleged discrimination claims against the school under both Title IX and the Equal Protection ...

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Plaintiffs seek to rescind the 2013 foreclosure sale of their home based on lender’s alleged breaches of its obligations to provide notice before foreclosing on the property and to comply with applicable law throughout the foreclosure process. Defendants have moved ...

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In this suit by 37 black shipyard workers who allege they are not as well paid as white workers, a Newport News U.S. District Court excludes reports with regression analyses performed by a labor economist working for each side; the ...

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(AP) A federal judge who struck down Virginia’s gay marriage ban usurped the state’s authority to decide whether same-sex unions should be allowed, a lawyer defending the ban said March 28. David B. Oakley, an attorney for court clerks in ...

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