The Lawletter Vol. 50 No. 3
Brett R. Turner, Senior Attorney
As I write this note, it is mid-October, there is a crisp cool snap in the air, and the college football
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The Lawletter Vol. 50 No. 3
Brett R. Turner, Senior Attorney
As I write this note, it is mid-October, there is a crisp cool snap in the air, and the college football…
Nadine Roddy—Senior Attorney
The 401(k) plan is perhaps the most popular form of tax-advantaged savings and investment vehicle for retirement offered by American employers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Many plans…
Lee Dunham—Senior Attorney
In the wake of the rise of online vacation rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, the modern trend in drafting restrictive covenants for planned communities or condominiums is to include a provision specifically…
Amy Gore—Senior Attorney
Calling a fee payment “non-refundable” is no protection from an ethical violation. The Virginia Supreme Court’s recent decision in Swango v. Virginia State Bar ex rel. Second District, No.…
The Lawletter Vol. 50 No. 2
Nadine Roddy—Senior Attorney
The 401(k) plan is perhaps the most popular form of tax-advantaged savings and investment vehicle for retirement offered by American employers under the Employee Retirement Income…
The Lawletter No. 50 Vol. 2
Lee Dunham—Senior Attorney
In the wake of the rise of online vacation rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, the modern trend in drafting restrictive covenants for planned communities or condominiums is…
The Lawletter Vol. 50 No. 2
Amy Gore—Senior Attorney (agore@nlrg.com)
Calling a fee payment “non-refundable” is no protection from an ethical violation. The Virginia Supreme Court’s recent decision in Swango v. Virginia State Bar ex…
The Lawletter Vol 50 No. 2
Paul Ferrer—Senior Attorney
The United States Supreme Court decided a crucial question concerning a federal court’s removal jurisdiction in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, 604 U.S. 22 (2025).…
Anne Hemenway—Senior Attorney
Over 90,000 individuals have sued Johnson & Johnson and other parties for damages alleging that its talcum powder products—including Johnson’s Baby Powder, which has been widely used on babies over the past 50 years—contain asbestos,…
Robert Westendorf—Senior Attorney
In Virginia, a statute mandated that drivers lose their licenses when fines or penalties that they owed were not paid. Lackey v. Stinnie, 145 S. Ct. 659, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 866, at *5-6…