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Editors' Picks
- ‘Fully and fairly informed’: Trial court correctly refused ‘empty chair’ instruction
- 4th Circuit reinstates wrongful death suit
- Punitives trebled for wrongful repo of pregnant woman’s car
- ‘Brazenly spoliated’: Inferences, evidence result in $8.5M verdict
- Summary judgment for officers reversed
- No new trial: Court rejects allegations of juror misconduct
News in Brief
- Virginia law allows state’s colleges, universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
- Virginia lawmakers agree to extend budget talks as they take up Youngkin amendments, vetoes
- Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they’re getting new protections
- Retired general’s testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses
- Supreme Court gives some military veterans more generous educational benefits
- Lawmakers set to take up Youngkin’s proposed amendments, vetoes in reconvened session
Opinion Digests
- Consumer Protection: Homeowners’ fraud claim was wrongly dismissed
- Criminal: Court has resentencing flexibility under First Step Act
- Habeas corpus: VICAR murder constitutes a ‘crime of violence’
- Prisons: Celiac disease-related claims are reinstated
- Attorneys: Attorney must provide case file to former client
- Civil Practice: Court excuses brief filed seven hours past deadline
- Commercial: Massage device company claims it was defrauded
- Consumer Protection: Homeowners allege prepayments were incorrectly applied
- Landlord alleges commercial tenant damaged structure
- Adult movie distributor may subpoena subscriber’s info
- Copyright: Nightclub owners liable for music copyright infringement
- Employment: Physicians allege they were not properly compensated
- Employment: Attorneys’ fees reduced in FLSA suit
- Employment: Ex-employee’s suit against IT contractor is dismissed
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver sustained injury in two rear-end collisions — $77,500 settlement
- Va. attorneys settle exploding pressure cooker case in NJ — $2.85M settlement
- Man injured after being struck in head by bed cover — $2.8M settlement
- Intoxicated driver struck vehicle while racing — $160,000 verdict
- Patient sustained bed sores, causing recovery setbacks — $400,000 settlement
- Commercial dump truck struck vehicle on I-64 — $1.75M verdict
- Teenage laborer killed at construction site — $3.25M settlement
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