Same-sex couples could begin marrying as early as next week in Virginia after a federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling that struck down the state's gay marriage ban.

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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said Tuesday he would ask the Supreme Court to review a decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, although he supports the lower court’s decision.

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A county court clerk in northern Virginia is seeking to delay a federal appeals court ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban.

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The final three choices for the location of the new FBI headquarters were announced Tuesday, setting up a tug-of-war for the project between Maryland and Virginia.

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Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a decision that could overturn similar prohibitions in the Carolinas and West Virginia.

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Bar-exam prep, Virginia corruption, Iranian opposition, $50B order rounds out this week's Law Blog Roundup.

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Facebook infringed on patents held by a Dutch computer programmer who tried to launch a similar site called "Surfbook" more than a decade ago, according to a lawsuit heard by a federal jury Wednesday.

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A federal appeals court decision invalidating Virginia's same-sex marriage ban would have at least some impact on similar prohibitions in three neighboring states, gay-rights activists said Monday.

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A federal appeals court in Virginia says a judge improperly allowed a company to fight a complaint about the safety of one of its products in secret.

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The number of oystermen cited or given warnings for having undersized oysters was at a five-year low this season, which some Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials said is the result of a particularly strong harvest.

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