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Meta, Google lose California case over social media harm to kids
Meta and Google were found liable in California for designing social media platforms harmful to children, marking a significant legal ruling on youth safety.
Ask the question: if not now, when?
In an earlier column, I encouraged developing and weighting a list of personal and professional priorities. In this column, I want to discuss the relationship between our values and the realities of the contemporary law firm or law department.
Well-Being Week in Law returns for 2025
Virginia celebrates Well-Being Week in Law with wellness events, CLEs, and the Lawyer Wellness Challenge to promote mental health in the legal field.
Resources available to help address substance abuse in legal community
In 2016, a landmark study from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs found a troubling trend: Attorneys were more likely than […]
How the legal profession could fight burnout better
When a job takes a toll on your physical health, regulators step in to set certain safety guidelines. But there’s not much help for those of us in jobs that […]
Three groups partner for ‘Lawyer Wellness Challenge’
Billed as “Virginia’s premiere wellness competition,” groups from across the commonwealth are partnering for the 2nd Annual Lawyer Wellness Challenge. The challenge, a 10-day virtual competition, is a collaboration among […]
Not playing hurt: Promoting mental health is a team effort
In the sporting world, athletes often “play hurt” through a variety of physical injuries. Competing now is their focal point, and long-term health risks the afterthought. The practice of law […]
Virginia group gears up for wellness in law week
A pair of national studies in 2016 put a light on an unsettling trend: Attorneys and law students faced higher-than-average rates of problem drinking, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Born […]
Celebrate Thanksgiving safely during COVID-19
Thanksgiving will look much different from years past. Big celebrations are out. Traveling, for the most part, is off the table. And though you may be used to setting large […]
Staying active this fall
It seems as though staying active is just a bit easier during the summer. Even chores such as mowing the lawn and washing the car can be enjoyable when the […]
How employers can support parents working at home
In the absence of daycares and in-person schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic, working parents have scrambled together a childcare strategy, which likely includes plenty of screen time, stress and guilt. […]
Board changes mental health question on bar app
CHARLOTTESVILLE—Less than a year after Virginia law students began asking for a change to the mental health question on the state bar application, change has come. The new wording on […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
- Negligence and Tort -Hit by hockey puck, camper sustains TBI
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
Opinion Digests
- Real Property – Inverse condemnation claim over cemetery is dismissed
- Criminal – Fourth Circuit splits from First Circuit over Virginia robbery statute
- Civil Procedure – No jurisdiction over collection action
- Bankruptcy – Debtor’s plan rejected for myriad issues
- Criminal – Murder defendant’s sentence is vacated
- Criminal – Company executives convicted for not remitting trust-fund taxes
- Criminal – Victim’s testimony supports assault conviction
- Jury and jurors – Excuse of juror wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Employment – Urgent care clinic prevails on former employee’s discrimination claims
- Criminal – Drug distribution convictions trigger career offender enhancement
- Administrative – Court lacked jurisdiction over disputed Medicaid funds
- Criminal – Murderer denied new trial
