Where plaintiff sued her employer under the Virginia Human Rights Act, she is not required to include in her pleadings a copy of the administrative complaint she filed with the state attorney general’s civil rights department. Defendant’s motion craving oyer ...

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Defendant’s motion for a protective order, which would allow separate but simultaneous recordings of a deposition, is denied. Only one a-v “Section (d)(1) of Rule 4:7A states, ‘Any deposition may be recorded by audio-visual means without a stenographic record. The ...

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Where plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction to compel the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJ, revert to its former admissions policy, which included standardized testing as part of the admissions process, relief is denied because plaintiffs ...

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Where petitioner, who was in the United States on a student visa, pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing paraphernalia without being advised that the plea might result in her deportation, she is entitled to habeas corpus relief. Overview Following ...

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Where a group of parents and their minor children, through next friends, sued the Fairfax County School Board and the superintendent concerning their decisions and actions to eliminate a standardized testing requirement as an admissions factor to the Thomas Jefferson ...

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Where defendant seeks credit for time served on an unrelated offense while waiting to be sentenced on the matter before the court, his motion is denied because the plain terms of Code § 53.1-187 do not grant the court authority ...

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Where a family was injured when a tree fell into their yard from a conservation easement maintained by a homeowners’ association, an arborist the association hired almost a year earlier to inspect and identify potentially harmful trees owed no duty ...

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Restrictive covenants in defendant doctors’ employment contracts with plaintiff cannot be enforced because they are too broad and violate public policy. Overview Plaintiff Metis Group was under contract with the U.S. Army to provide psychological services. Defendant doctors, Allison and ...

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Where a jury found that the decedent’s purported will was the result of fraud and undue influence, a plaintiff’s release of claims against the estate in exchange for an early distribution is invalid. Overview Nell Willis reached an accord and ...

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Saying businesses have no right to put an “impermeable barrier” around employees and contractors, a Fairfax circuit judge has rejected an action to enforce broadly written noncompete and nonsolicitation clauses. The ruling could open opportunities for medical professionals and others ...

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