A Fairfax County man who asked for a divorce instead got a court ruling that he was never married in the first place, with the judge finding he and his “wife” displayed “a complete lack of good faith” when they ...

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In this first-impression case, a Fairfax Circuit Court says the estate of a young woman murdered in her Falls Church apartment by the apartment’s leasing agent may amend her complaint to state a negligence claim against the company that allegedly ...

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A condominium association for a low-income public housing complex does not have authority under its Master Deed, its Bylaws or under Va. Code § 55-79.80:2 to assess more than $20,000 in fines against a plaintiff tenant for failing to properly ...

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A Fairfax Circuit Court grants a writ of habeas corpus on petitioner’s Strickland claim based on his assertion that he would not have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession had his lawyer not advised him the conviction would not affect ...

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In light of plaintiff homeowners’ stipulation that surface water gathered in a well with a clogged drain but could not enter the drain and instead flowed into the homeowners’ basement, a Fairfax Circuit Court says damage to the home is ...

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A habeas petitioner gets an evidentiary hearing on his Strickland claim based on his assertion that he would not have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession had his lawyer not advised him the conviction would not affect his legal immigration ...

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In this suit by a divorce client alleging malpractice by her lawyer, a Fairfax Circuit Court denies the defendant lawyer’s motion to disqualify the client’s lawyer from representing both the client in the malpractice action, and her brother-in-law who paid ...

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IRVINGTON–When Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh and criminal defense lawyer Peter Greenspun sat at a table before members of the Fairfax Bar Association, some may have wondered whether moderator Doug Kay could keep the two from tangling. The prosecutor and ...

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A Fairfax Circuit Court rejects plaintiff landlords’ challenge to a local ordinance that created two rental inspection districts that encompassed all of Fairfax City, and holds that the ordinance was within the express power granted under the enabling statute and ...

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Always try to get a noncompete and a nonsolicitation agreement from employees. That’s the take-away for small businesses in the wake of a recently dismissed business tort lawsuit in Fairfax Circuit Court. The case featured two small woman-owned businesses that ...

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