In Virginia, once a lawsuit is filed, the door is open for the litigants (parties to a lawsuit) to engage in “discovery”. As a general matter, discovery is the set of formal processes whereby the ...

In October 2022, the Virginia Supreme Court decided the case of Hawkins v. Town of South Hill (view the opinion here), which fundamentally alters 40 years of precedent in the Commonwealth concerning ...

The backlog of cases in Virginia’s circuit court system worsened during the pandemic. Some people have been jailed for more than a year as they wait for their court date, according to records ...

The Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed the ruling of a state appeals court in a case challenging the state’s Right to Retrieve Law, which allows hunters to continue coon and fox hunts on private land ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday heard an effort to break down walls that limit online access to Virginia court records to attorneys and prohibit access to the press ...

The Virginia Court of Appeals on Monday heard arguments on whether the city of Suffolk can be sued over its system to use cameras to catch speeders. Attorney Tim Anderson said Suffolk raked in $10 ...

Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a chance to further restrict efforts to promote diversity in education, turning away an appeal by a coalition of parents and students who ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Virginia Supreme Court denied the state’s effort to overturn a judge’s ruling exonerating a Norfolk man imprisoned for 20 years mainly based on testimony a key witness later ...