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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
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  • Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
  • Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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  • D.C.
  • North Carolina
  • Virginia
Number of Attorneys
51-99 Attorneys

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

Ransomware Increasingly Targets Medical Providers

Ransomware continues to make headlines in the data security world, and with good reason.  A report issued earlier this year by the Director of National Intelligence highlighted the continued surge in ransomware attacks in the…more
 /  Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology

Five Things You Should Know About the FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rattled the business world last month when it issued a rule that would nullify most noncompete agreements. Within 24 hours, the FTC was sued by two different parties that argued the agency had…more
 /  Labor & Employment Law

Title IX Alert: U.S. Department of Education Releases Highly Anticipated Revisions to Title IX Regulations

On Friday, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released its final rule amending the implementing regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The new regulations mandate an overhaul of…more
 /  Education Law

FTC Bans Most Noncompete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to issue a Final Rule that would prohibit most employee noncompete agreements..…more
 /  Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law

Sheetz v. County of El Dorado: Chipping Away at Elected Officials’ Power Over Development Costs

The US Supreme Court’s decision in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado earlier this month will affect how local governments impose impact fees in the future and who pays certain development costs…more
 /  Administrative Law
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