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You may have noticed the new photo banner at the top of the Business Law Blog.
Well, we’ve installed a new, cleaner “theme” for the BLBlog that provides an opportunity to post a picture.
The banner is designed to represent all parts of the commonwealth. Here’s a rundown (from left to right):
• Northern Virginia – the […]

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Sometimes state agents and even federal revenooers bust up stills making illegal moonshine. Sometimes, vice squads raid crack parlors, brothels and other houses of ill repute.
In Kentucky, they’ve gone to court to crack down on illegal online gambling.
Yep, the commonwealth of Kentucky now owns the domain names of numerous illegal gambling sites (141 to be […]

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The Supreme Court of Virginia today took away a substantial jury verdict in favor of a Richmond grocer who claimed his local business was undermined by a regional grocery supply company.  The court held that Johnny Johnson’s evidence was insufficient to sustain verdicts on constructive fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The court’s opinion is […]

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Lawsuits that challenged the authority of two Virginia homeowners’ associations have been thrown out of court since the latest edition of the Business Law Bulletin of Virginia went to press.
The winners are property owner groups in both the large-scale gated community of Lake Holiday in Frederick County and the small Dogwood Valley subdivision in Greene […]

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