Virginia Lawyers Weekly articles from July 2009

Virginia Lawyers Weekly archives from July 2009

PDFs: a handy tool for document management, storage.(portable document software)
July 6, 2009... Byline: Sarah Rodriguez Any lawyer understands the importance of document management. Important papers pass through the office daily and establishing an organized system for storing and sharing files becomes a necessary practice. But...

Work of '09 Virginia General Assembly became law July 1.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Alan Cooper Exercise of a constitutional right to petition the government or misuse of the judicial process for political gain? Substitute Judge Westbrook J. Parker saw misuse, but the Virginia General Assembly saw exercise of...

Virginia lawyers jump on DUI case.(driving under influence)
July 6, 2009... Byline: Alan Cooper The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 handed down Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, a case holding that laboratory analysts generally must appear in court rather than submit their findings through a sworn report. Lawyers...

Virginia's 'move-over law' is trap for drivers.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Peter Vieth Motorists who carefully follow the instructions printed on a state highway sign still could end up facing traffic charges under Virginia's so-called move-over law. The signs tell motorists to move over or reduce...

Verdicts & Settlements July 6, 2009: Plaintiff alleges tic syndrome caused by injuries from wreck.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff was a passenger in the right rear seat of a vehicle that failed to yield the right of way and was struck on the right side. Plaintiff was flown by helicopter to VCU Medical Center in a...

Verdicts & Settlements July 6, 2009: Lack of actual innocence no bar to expungement.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Petitioner obtained expungement, over the Commonwealth's objection, of his juvenile criminal record despite not having been actually innocent. As a juvenile, petitioner had been charged with assault upon...

Verdicts & Settlements July 6, 2009: Supreme Court ruling gives longshoreman a second trial.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Sherman Whitaker was a longshoreman injured while working on the defendant's vessel at Portsmouth Marine Terminal on Aug. 14, 2002. Plaintiff fell seven feet onto the deck of a the vessel through a catwalk...