A Fairfax Circuit Court grants a petition to expunge police and court records relating to petitioner’s 2001 arrest for sale and/or distribution of marijuana, which was nolle prossed, and a 2010 arrest for reckless driving, which was reduced to improper ...

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A defendant who pleaded guilty to a reduced traffic charge could have the more serious charge expunged from his record, a Fairfax Circuit Court has ruled. Virginia’s statute on expungement of records, Virginia Code § 19.2-392.2(A), prescribes certain rules. If ...

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A landlord on a commercial lease for a nail salon cannot enforce a guaranty signed by the lessee’s wife because the guaranty is unconscionable and unenforceable; a Fairfax Circuit Court says the guaranty effectively converts wife from a guarantor to ...

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Owners may pursue a declaratory judgment action against their homeowners’ association for allegedly exceeding the legal debt cap, mismanaging capital reserves and arbitrarily denying the owners’ request to build a roof and deck, and the Fairfax Circuit Court says the ...

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A new attorney’s fees opinion by a Fairfax judge could fuel litigation against community associations, lawyers say. Homeowners are entitled to recover attorney’s fees if they prevail in a suit under the Virginia Property Owners’ Association Act, the judge decided ...

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In this suit by an Indian business man and his four businesses alleging a claim against a commercial lender under Virginia’s Equal Credit Opportunity Act, a Fairfax Circuit Court says the minority-owned business certification of two of the corporate plaintiffs ...

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The Fairfax Circuit Court grants a bank’s petition for a writ of mandamus to require the Clerk of Court to accept a confession of judgment against a commercial debtor, even though the clerk says the confession of judgment does not ...

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Even if the court recognized a “disparate impact” claim against a commercial lender under Virginia’s Equal Credit Opportunity Act, plaintiffs, a businessman of Indian descent and his four medical businesses, have not stated such a claim against defendant Wells Fargo, ...

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A Fairfax Circuit Court denies defendant’s motion to vacate a final judgment order entered against him and his motion for sanctions against the lawyer who withdrew from representing him. Defendant’s former lawyer testified that he had informed defendant of the ...

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L-3 Communication Services Inc., the prime contractor to a government contract, refused to pay interim variance indirect rate invoices to a subcontractor, Thomas Computer Solutions LLC (TCS), until the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) conducted a final audit. This stance ...

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