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Editors' Picks
- ‘Unreasonable restriction’: Court reverses BZA’s variance denial
- Court tosses $1B award, orders new damages trial
- Court wrestles with high school ‘transfer rule’
- Yoon confirmed to Western District bench
- Celebrating the Class of 2024 Influential Women of Law
- ‘Plainly wrong’: Debt buyer failed to prove standing
News in Brief
- State bar seeking candidates for council elections
- General Assembly taps circuit court judges for Court of Appeals
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he won’t support recently passed budget that includes tax hike
- US could end legal fight against Titanic expedition
- Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges
- General Assembly releases names of judicial interviewees
Opinion Digests
- School defeats ex-student’s First Amendment claim
- Internal complaint was not protected activity
- Record supports conclusion SSI applicant isn’t disabled
- Woman denied disability insurance benefits
- Jury to decide if buyer agreed to arbitration
- Late attempt to add new defendants is denied
- Malicious prosecution claims against officer dismissed
- Trade secret claim against former franchisee dismissed
- Lawsuit over inclusion in database dismissed
- Choice of law clause dooms multiple claims
- Judgment entered against party that breached agreement
- Court resolves pretrial motions in drug trial
- Federal employee can’t prevent supervisor from managing her
- Carrier has no duty to defend personal injury suit
Verdicts & Settlements
- Elderly woman died after fall on defendant’s premises — $900,000 settlement
- Passenger suffered compound fracture in vehicle collision — $1.375M settlement
- Man injured in head-on crash with box truck — $4M settlement
- Post-surgical infection led to patient’s death — $900,000 settlement
- Truck driver unable to return to work after crash — $3.25M settlement
- Group home resident died after choking on sandwich — $850,000 settlement
- Patient sustained pressure injury while in hospital care — $1.1M settlement
EVENTS
Hall of Fame
May 23rd, 2024 | 5:30 PM
Leaders in the Law/ Up and Coming Lawyers
October 22nd, 2024 | 12:00 AM