A bank vice president who lost his job through a restructuring and who is on unemployment has his child support payments for the couple’s autistic child reduced from $1,664 per month to $1,373.84 per month by the Fairfax Circuit Court, ...

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Plaintiff title insurance companies may sue a lawyer who acted as a settlement agent on Virginia properties on claims that include breach of fiduciary duties under Virginia’s CRESPA statute; a Fairfax Circuit Court says the CRESPA fiduciary duty is independent ...

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A lawyer and her partner who skimmed millions from land deals at the height of the real estate boom could be on the hook for civil damages.

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A condominium unit owner’s sale of his parking space to another resident is a nullity and does not survive foreclosure on the previous owner’s unit; the Fairfax Circuit Court says that by failing to get consent from the trustees on ...

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Matthew B. Murray of Charlottesville has accepted a five-year suspension of his law license to resolve discipline charges arising from a contentious trial and a record-breaking verdict in 2010, according to the Virginia State Bar. The misconduct charges focused on ...

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A divorcee who persisted in her legal action for an accounting of a trust fund belonging to her ex-husband, despite receiving numerous documents and offers of assistance in document review from his lawyers, is sanctioned, along with her lawyer, for ...

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A “scorched-earth” litigation campaign mounted by a divorcee and her lawyers against the woman’s ex-husband has prompted a Fairfax County judge to impose a record-breaking $880,748.26 sanction award against both the client and the lawyers. The sanctions award ordered by ...

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In plaintiff broker’s suit for commission for the sale of Winchester Station shopping center, defendant had a buyer’s brokerage agreement of no definite duration and a confidentiality agreement for one year, prior to the property being listed, and the Fairfax ...

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Homeowners associations in Virginia – and their lawyers – are taking a close look at how they enforce rules and charges after a series of adverse court decisions and the prominent bankruptcy of one Fairfax County community association. The cases ...

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In this dispute over a contract for the sale of real estate with multiple owners, the owners’ Operating Agreements are ambiguous because one provision states 51 percent of the members must agree to sell, and another provision says it takes ...

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