For those into baseball, the last week of the season is going to be pretty wild with several wildcard teams trying to figure out positioning and some even trying to figure out if they are going to make the playoffs
Virginia Blogs
Accusations of Theft Held Actionable Absent Equivocation
A recent decision from the Western District of Virginia offers a clean illustration of a principle that decides many Virginia defamation cases at the outset: context and word choice often determine whether a challenged statement will be treated as a
Artificial Intelligence: Will it Transform the Practice of Estate and Trust Law?
Generative AI may transform everything relating to trust and estate practice — from research to drafting to client communication. With new efficiencies, however, come new risks for trusts and estates practitioners. Tim Ferges presents at the Virginia State Bar Association
Deleting a Typo Is Not Blue-Penciling
When a noncompete sentence trails off into an incomplete clause, is fixing it a permissible typo correction or an instance of “blue-penciling” that Virginia law does not allow? The Court of Appeals considered this issue last month in
PREMISES LIABILITY: Does the Business-Invitee Relationship Obligate a Business to Call EMS During a Medical Emergency That Is Unrelated to Premises Conditions?
Natalie K. Mitchell—Senior Attorney
The law in Virginia, as with most states, is that a business owner and its invitees have a special relationship in the law, in that the business owner has a duty to its
Join our SALT team at TEI Audits & Appeals and COST programs this week
Our SALT team will be sharing insights this week at two leading industry programs covering state tax audits, controversy, litigation strategy and Maryland’s digital tax developments.
2026 TEI Audits & Appeals Seminar
Members of our SALT team are pleased to
CONSTITUTIONAL/CRIMINAL LAW: You’re Going to Need a Warrant for That: Chatrie v. United States
Lawletter Vol. 51, No. 4
Cassidy Crockett-Verba—Senior Attorney
Geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to acquire an individual’s cell phone location data from Google, have been subject to repeated challenges under the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unlawful
PREMISES LIABILITY: Does the Business-Invitee Relationship Obligate a Business to Call EMS During a Medical Emergency That Is Unrelated to Premises Conditions?
Lawletter Vol. 51, No. 4
Natalie K. Mitchell—Senior Attorney
The law in Virginia, as with most states, is that a business owner and its invitees have a special relationship in the law, in that the business
Tuesday Talk*: Free Range Or Child Abuse?
My older sister walked me to Washington Elementary School, about a mile from my home, when I was in kindergarten. Then again, she was in fifth grade and attended the same school. When I entered first grade, I was on
Hepatitis A Is the One Foodborne Illness We Can Vaccinate Away. Making the Shot Optional Is a Very Bad Idea.
Lena H. Sun and Paige Winfield Cunningham walked through each of the childhood vaccines the CDC stopped broadly recommending, in the Washington Post. Their piece is what prompted this one. It is worth your time in full. But the hepatitis