Sands Anderson PC

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1111 East Main Street, Suite 2400
P.O. Box 1998
Richmond, VA 23218-1998, United States
Phone: (804) 648-1636
Fax: (804) 783-7291
Areas Of Practice
  • Administrative Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
  • Appellate Practice
  • Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Organizations
  • Business Torts
  • Commercial Law & Contracts
  • Communications & Media Law
  • Construction Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Debtor/Creditor
  • Education
  • Elections & Politics
  • Environmental Law
  • Family Law
  • Finance & Banking
  • Government
  • Health
  • Immigration Law
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor & Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Maritime Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Privacy
  • Products Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Real Estate
  • Science, Computers, & Tech
  • Securities Law
  • Taxation
  • Toxic Torts
  • Transportation
  • Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
  • Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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Other U.S. Locations
  • D.C.
  • North Carolina
  • Virginia
Number of Attorneys
51-99 Attorneys

Lawsuit Claiming Fraud Commenced Five Years Too Late: Investors Beware.

In Zeng v. Wang, the Court of Appeals of Virginia reminded practitioners of a couple important lessons. Here are two of them. First, investors should read and understand the fine print of any prospectus before signing on the…more
 /  Business Torts, Commercial Law & Contracts, Securities Law

Private Real Estate Syndications: A Q&A with Kinloch Capital's Peter Walls

Sands Anderson’s Brian Pitney recently interviewed Founding Parter and Chief Investment Officer Peter Walls of Kinloch Capital about private real estate syndications. They discussed how Kinloch Capital identifies commercial real…more
 /  Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation

Garbage Collector Loses Sovereign Immunity Because Accident Happened During Mere “Normal Driving”

Picking up trash is one of those unglamorous but essential government functions that we take for granted right up until a couple pick-ups in a row are missed.  In those moments we all learn just how essential it is that the…more
 /  Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation

Upcoming Supreme Court Case to settle FLSA Burden of Proof for Parties

Burdens of proof can be a mundane issue to discuss. Addressing the standard by which a fact finder decides a legal claim between opposing parties does not generate much enthusiasm with legal scholars. Nevertheless, the burden a…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law

Vaccination Injury is a Matter of Time

If you believe you were injured by any of the 16 vaccines covered under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program you must have symptoms of the claimed injury lasting at least six months to be able to file a claim for…more
 /  Health, Personal Injury, Products Liability

Fair Notice to Pro Se Litigants: Eastern District of Virginia Set to Modify Roseboro Warnings

Almost 50 years ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in a short, six paragraph opinion, ruled that pro se parties, those without lawyers, are entitled to “notice sufficiently understandable to [the pro se…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law

Public-Camping Ordinances Survive SCOTUS Challenge, Providing Certainty to Local Governments Policing Illegal Camping

Public-camping ordinances across Virginia and the United States dodged a constitutional bullet that would have prohibited criminal penalties for violations those laws if the defendant did not have adequate access to shelter. …more
 /  Constitutional Law, Criminal Law

Incomplete Appellate Record Dooms Appeal: Lessons for Appellate Practitioners

The Supreme Court of Virginia taught appellate practitioners yet another hard lesson in how procedural pitfalls can scuttle otherwise compelling appeals. In Eckard v. Commonwealth, the pitfall was failing to get the complete…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Criminal Law

The FTC Rule Banning Noncompetes is (Probably) Dead: 7 Questions Employers are Asking

Many employers breathed a sigh of relief last week after a federal judge in Texas struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements…more
 /  Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law

Virginia’s New Bad Faith Law: What Insurers Need to Know

On July 1, 2024, new Virginia Code § 8.01-66.1 became effective and created a new bad faith cause of action that can be significant for underinsured or uninsured (“UIM”) carriers…more
 /  Civil Remedies, Insurance

Virginia Real Estate Law Updates for 2024

Effective July 1, 2024, Virginia has implemented several significant changes to its real estate laws. In this year’s installment, tenants get a whole lot of protections (kind of), HOAs are put on a tighter leash, and brokers…more
 /  Real Estate - Residential

Yes, Virginia, You Can Use Electronic Signatures on Pleadings

It’s Christmas come early in Virginia this year. As of July 1, 2024, attorneys in Virginia can officially (and permanently!) use electronic signatures to sign pleadings in Virginia’s state courts. It only took twenty-plus years…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Science, Computers, & Technology

Before Doing Your Own Workplace Investigation—a Cautionary Tale

A few years ago, a friend of mine was part of an organization that received complaints about one of its leaders, which led to questions about whether the leader should be fired. The organization debated internally about what to…more
 /  Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law

U.S. Supreme Court Says Federal Bribery Statute Permits “Gratuities”: Virginia Law Much Less Forgiving

Last month, in Snyder v. United States, the Supreme Court of the United States narrowly construed the federal anti-bribery statute.  In that case, the mayor of Portage, Indiana worked with other officials to carefully prepare a…more
 /  Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Government Contracting

Federal Rules Often Forgive Missed Deadlines While Virginia Still Traps the Unwary

“A deadline means what it says,” is a simple enough concept. But it’s not always true…more
 /  Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
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