A federal judge in Virginia has ruled the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office doesn’t have the authority to make rule changes designed to streamline the patent process.
Although an upcoming merger at the end of the month will put more than 100 lawyers at Charlotte, N.C.-based Helms Mullis & Wicker into one of the nation’s largest law…
In the wake of a study that says law schools aren’t doing enough to educate their graduates for the real world of legal practice, the law school at Virginia’s Washington…
The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld the country’s first felony spam conviction in a 4-3 ruling, holding that the state’s groundbreaking anti-spam law did not violate the First Amendment.
A potential juror who discussed a three-paragraph Washington Post story with another in a courthouse elevator was jailed yesterday for disobeying an order not to discuss the case.
The Washington Post was able to find the Social Security numbers of former secretary of state Colin Powell, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, and former Dallas Cowboys…
Country pop star Jimmy Wayne has agreed to hold a benefit concert this weekend for abused and homeless youths because of an invitation from a fan—Fairfax, Va., estate lawyer Dec 14, 2007 7:43 PM CST
LeClairRyan has quickly grown to 170 lawyers to become the Virginia’s fifth-largest law firm. Now it will increase in size again this January when it merges with 45-lawyer Seiden Wayne,…
The federal judge who presided over the trial of confessed terrorism conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui appeared to be out of patience with the government yesterday in a hearing in another terrorism…
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