After a U.S. Supreme Court refusal this week to hear appeals from several federal appellate-court rulings that approved same-sex marriage, some observers expected that other states in the same…
A former Virginia attorney general and Republican governor who was once considered a U.S. presidential prospect is now the first former governor in state history to be convicted of a…
A three-judge panel of the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to stay its ruling last month striking down Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Pamela Harris, a visiting law professor at Georgetown University, was confirmed on Monday to the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Senate usually considers judicial confirmations in…
Applying strict scrutiny, a divided three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that a district court judge in Virginia got it right earlier this year when she Jul 28, 2014 6:40 PM CDT
The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a key interpretation of the Obama administration’s health-care law just hours after a contrary ruling…
While still in practice, a former Virginia lawyer took advantage of multiple banks, two bankruptcy clients, his wife and his mother in a series of schemes that brought in over…
A former University of Maryland law student who says he dropped out midway through his first year needed a letter of good standing when he decided to complete his legal…
Federal prosecutors are seeking a “very substantial” prison sentence for a former West Virginia judge, arguing that the guideline sentence for the crime to which he pleaded guilty isn’t sufficient…
My Shingle blogger and Washington, D.C., solo Carolyn Elefant took note of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about a obstetrician and gynecologist who practiced independently,…
A federal appeals court has ordered a district court to unseal a case filed by a company that sued to block public release of information tying one of its products…
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