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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
- CPF Board pays $182K to reimburse clients
- Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
- Jury at Abu Ghraib civil trial might not be able to reach verdict, judge says
- Life sentence for gang member who turned northern Virginia into ‘hunting ground’
- West Virginia’s, North Carolina’s transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule
- Former Virginia hospital medical director acquitted of sexually abusing ex-patients
Opinion Digests
- Administrative: Agency defeats drug manufacturer’s challenge
- Criminal: Man’s firearm-related convictions affirmed
- Criminal: Fourth circuit joins others, rules 8 U.S.C. § 1326 is constitutional
- Immigration: No jurisdiction to review terrorism-related decision
- Search and seizure: Man gave up expectation of privacy in abandoned bag
- Constitutional: Court won’t enjoin NC map that allegedly dilutes Black vote
- Consumer Protection: Data breach suit reinstated against healthcare provider
- Education: Tax exemption isn’t ‘federal financial assistance’ under Title IX
- Freedom of information: Criminal investigation records deemed exempt from disclosure
- Arbitration: Court won’t stay non-arbitrable claim
- Civil Practice: Court rejects overbroad sealing request
- Civil Practice: De bene esse depositions of plaintiff, husband allowed
- Civil Rights: Residents sue alleged white supremist group
- Consumer Protection: Customer’s VCPA claim against GM dismissed
Verdicts & Settlements
- Man run over, killed while performing bridge repairs — $325,000 settlement
- Nurse unable to return to work after rollover crash — $3.5M verdict
- 4-year-old child in daycare assaulted by teacher — $550,000 settlement
- Patient sustained nerve injury after oral surgery — $1M settlement
- 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
EVENTS
Hall of Fame
May 23rd, 2024 | 5:30 PM
Leaders in the Law/ Up and Coming Lawyers
October 22nd, 2024 | 12:00 AM