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Editors' Picks
- Negative connotation: Court won’t ‘oust’ ex-school official’s defamation claim
- Court rejects request for accounting from attorney
- No civil penalties for public weeds
- Supreme Court tosses $1.6M jury verdict after jury instruction wrongly refused
- Friendly competition: Legal Food Frenzy returns for 18th year
- Court must reassess damages on remand
News in Brief
- Cullen named W&M Law’s 2024 Lowance Fellow
- February bar exam pass rate highest in 25 years
- State bar announces new council members
- Jury sides with school system in suit accusing it of ignoring middle-schooler’s sex assault claims
- Youngkin will visit Europe for his third international trade mission as Virginia governor
- New federal rule would bar ‘noncompete’ agreements for most employees
Opinion Digests
- Civil Practice: Court authorizes pre-suit subpoena
- Civil Rights: Inmates’ suit against DoC is narrowed
- Constitutional: Rule disqualifying felons from voting challenged
- Consumer Protection: Suit against loan, mortgage companies is dismissed
- Contract: Court defers ruling on restrictive covenant
- Employment: Lack of causal connection dooms retaliation claim
- Employment: Former flight attendant’s suit transferred to EDVA
- Employment: OT suit against defendants is transferred to EDVA
- Employment: Collective action certified in IT recruiting case
- Employment: Intelligence agency defeats age discrimination claim
- Municipal: US prevails in Arlington National Cemetery takings suit
- Patent and Trademark: Patents deemed ineligible for protection
- Administrative: ALJ did not err in finding woman wasn’t disabled
- Contract: Attorneys’ fees awarded after RICO claim dismissed
Verdicts & Settlements
- Plaintiff burned in flash fire while cleaning engine — $23M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s leg partially amputated in collision — $2M settlement
- Speeding vehicle struck, pushed truck into plaintiff — $1M settlement
- Adoption, paternity at issue in multimillion-dollar estate — $1.25M settlement
- Defense verdict reached in suit over wrist fracture
- Nurse sustained concussion in rear-end collision at red light — $2M settlement
- Motorist suffered lower back injuries in rear-end collision — $225,000 settlement
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May 23rd, 2024 | 5:30 PM
Leaders in the Law/ Up and Coming Lawyers
October 22nd, 2024 | 12:00 AM