Weekly Edition
Fairfax to Rice: Should we continue Islamic school lease?
By News in Brief
June 30, 2008
FAIRFAX—Fairfax County supervisors are asking Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to determine whether they should continue leasing property to a private Islamic school.
The request comes amid controversy about the Islamic Saudi Academy’s teaching materials.
One review by a federal commission concluded that some textbooks used by the school contain language intolerant of Jews and […]
4th Circuit upholds conviction over lie to grand jury
By News in Brief
June 30, 2008
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man who lied to a federal grand jury about his training with a Pakistani militant group.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also unanimously upheld Sabri Benkahla’s 10-year prison term for lying to a grand jury, obstruction of justice and […]
Weicker, a U.Va. law alum, gives his files to the University
By News in Brief
June 30, 2008
CHARLOTTESVILLE—Former Connecticut Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. has donated his political files to the University of Virginia, where he graduated from law school 50 years ago.
The U.Va. Library will open more than 1,000 boxes of the 77-year-old’s files, including those on the Watergate hearings, creation of the Americans With Disabilities Act and other events. […]
Business, consumer groups back power rate hike
By News in Brief
June 30, 2008
Several business, government and consumer groups that would be affected by Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed 18 percent rate increase endorsed the request at a State Corporation Commission hearing last week.
The state’s largest utility is seeking the $1.3 billion annual increase to recover soaring fuel costs.
“This increase is significant, and the company recognizes it’s […]
Transportation bill to use offshore royalties killed
By News in Brief
June 30, 2008
Bills that would direct to transportation uses royalties from offshore oil and natural gas leases if the federal ban on coastal drilling is lifted are dead.
On the second day of Virginia’s special legislative session on highway funding, bills offered by Republican Sens. Frank Wagner and Ken Cuccinelli were consolidated and killed Tuesday on a […]
Assembly showing no movement on judges
By News in Brief
June 30, 2008
The General Assembly still appears to be far from a consensus on a justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia, a member of the State Corporation Commission and lower court judges in Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
There was talk last week of elevating Chief Judge Walter S. Felton Jr. to the Supreme Court vacancy created […]
Defendant in fiery wreck gets $1M on counterclaim
By Peter Vieth
June 23, 2008
In January 2006, two men driving on Interstate 64 both were killed in a fiery head-on crash in Goochland County.
The estate of one man filed suit against the estate of the other driver. But the defendant’s lawyer filed a counterclaim and went home this month with a $1 million jury verdict.
The case was confusing from […]
And the high court punts on 2
By Alan Cooper
June 23, 2008
The two most closely watched cases of the Supreme Court of Virginia’s most recent session – whether Virginia courts must defer to other state courts on issues related to same-sex unions and the inherent authority of judges to defer judgment in criminal cases – didn’t get decided.
The court was unanimous in holding that neither issue […]
Company can sue for ‘theft’ of identity
By Deborah Elkins
June 23, 2008
Identity theft is not just a threat for Internet shoppers, according to a new case from Alexandria federal court.
A Washington, D.C.-based corporation claims its identity was appropriated by a former employee who allegedly took the corporate name, its trademark, its Web site address and its role as a trade organization that advocated for flexible benefit […]
Your cheatin’ heart …
By Nora Lockwood Tooher
June 23, 2008
By Nora Lockwood Tooher
A suspicious husband hired a private detective in Maryland to plant a device on his wife’s car so he could track her when she went to meet her lover.
The wife had a feeling her husband was onto her. She asked a private detective to check her car and remove a GPS […]
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