Welcome to Monday, July 26, the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here are some news items to get your week started. Did a Texas-sized donation change the state Supreme Court’s mind? Police reform laws sow confusion in ...
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June 1, 2021
Comments Off on Virginia Military Institute must address institutional racism and sexism, report finds
The Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism and must be held accountable for making changes, according to a state-sanctioned report released Tuesday.
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February 11, 2021
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A law firm has been disqualified from representing a medical malpractice plaintiff after one of the firm’s lawyers signed multiple case documents while his license was administratively suspended.
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February 5, 2021
Comments Off on Virginia House joins Senate in voting to end death penalty
Virginia moved another step closer to ending capital punishment on Friday when the state House joined the Senate in voting to abolish the death penalty.
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June 17, 2019
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Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats, according to a ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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June 17, 2019
Comments Off on Supreme Court sides with Virginia in uranium mining ban case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with the state of Virginia on Monday, finding nothing improper about its decades-old ban on mining radioactive uranium. The owners of a massive deposit of radioactive uranium, the largest known in the United States, ...
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Law Blog Roundup took Monday off to honor Presidents’ Day with someone born during the Hoover administration. Here are some news items for this week starting on Tuesday, the 56th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique.” ...
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September 7, 2018
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In a courtroom in Roanoke, Virginia, a judge legally declared Bryan Manning a drunk in 2010.
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August 24, 2018
Comments Off on Va. appellate court: Overnight stay won’t support common law marriage
A “husband” whose nine-year marriage was negated because the couple’s Washington wedding was at odds with their Virginia paperwork cannot save the union by labeling it a common law marriage under D.C. law.
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June 15, 2018
Comments Off on Discovery chooses Virginia for hub expansion
Gov. Ralph Northam has approved a $500,000 state grant for Discovery Inc. to expand its technology and operations hub in Northern Virginia.
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