In This Issue:

- Tax Law: Preparing for the New Tax on Investment Income...Page 1

- Old Law Wins a New Case...Page 2

- Meet Our Attorneys: Ashley R. Dobbs...Page 3

-Excerpt from Old Law Wins a New Case:

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the 2010 ruling of an Eastern District of Virginia District Court Judge in a non-competition case. In July 2010, Judge Leonie Brinkema granted summary judgment to a defendant who contended that the non-competition agreement contained in a restrictive covenant he had signed was unenforceable. Judge Brinkema’s decision in BP Products v. Stanley was reviewed in the September 2010 edition of this newsletter.

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