Seven people – four judges, two lawyers in private practice and a law professor – have been seeking bar endorsements for a pending seat on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. will be retiring from the ...

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A father’s “perks” from a family home-building business – rent-free quarters and a company car – counted as income when calculating support for his three children, a Fairfax Circuit Court decided after a four-day trial that delved into company accounts. ...

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In aircraft manufacturer Airbus Americas’ suit demanding indemnification for defendant Metron’s alleged breaches of contract related to Airbus’ acquisition of Metron Holdings in 2011, a Fairfax Circuit Court awards Airbus $9.4 million in damages. Defendants include Shareholder Representative Services LLC, ...

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In this suit filed by a husband and wife whose vehicle was struck by defendant on Fairfax County Parkway, an orthopedic surgeon who testified as a defense expert said that the plaintiff wife, a passenger, was injured in the accident, ...

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The point when lawyers start talking settlement may vary from case to case, but one thing the lawyers want to know is whether those settlement talks will come into court if the case does not settle. A proposed change in ...

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As $293,209 in excess funds generated in a 2002 foreclosure on real property initially were interpleaded to the Fairfax Circuit Court in 2004, when the property owners could not agree on how the money was to be paid out, the ...

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In the wake of the Virginia Supreme Court decision in Toghill, the Fairfax Circuit Court dismisses a habeas petition based on a claim that Virginia’s sodomy statute, Va. Code § 18.2-361(A), is unconstitutional and undermines his conviction under Code § ...

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A Harrisonburg lawyer can breathe a second sigh of relief after the Supreme Court of Virginia last month found no basis to hold him liable for the 2011 murder of a process server by an angry husband. The lawyer himself ...

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Deceitful behavior by a litigant in a prolonged family fight has led a judge to strip the man’s defenses and order him to pay the bills of the opposing attorneys. Fairfax County Circuit Judge Jane Marum Roush found the man ...

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Plaintiff obtained a judgment in Korea in the Seoul Northern District Court against her sister. Defendant, a resident of Virginia, appealed the judgment to the Seoul High Court, which affirmed the decision of the Seoul Northern District Court. Five years ...

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