A lawyer advised by the Virginia State Bar to include a disclaimer on his firm-website blog that discusses results in specific cases cannot sue the Virginia State Bar or bar officials on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that requiring ...

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Richmond lawyer Horace F. Hunter faces a June 10 disciplinary hearing before the Virginia State Bar on a charge that a blog on his law firm website does not carry a disclaimer. Hunter says the VSB’s demand for a disclaimer ...

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Although defendant in this auto-accident personal injury case initially represented that she is a Virginia resident, she is not estopped from asserting diversity jurisdiction to keep the case in the Richmond U.S. District Court after defense counsel ascertained that in ...

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Dillard’s department store can enforce an arbitration agreement against four employees alleging termination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as the parties’ pre-dispute arbitration agreement does not violate the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, says a Richmond ...

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