Pack your bar card when going to Arlington…
If you’re going into the Arlington County Courthouse, and you want to carry your cellphone, be aware that pretty soon you’re going to need to have your Virginia State Bar membership card with you....
View ArticleArlington judge upholds transportation authorities
Arlington Circuit Judge Benjamin N.A. Kendrick yesterday upheld the new law allowing for the establishment of regional transportation authorities that can issue bonds and impose taxes. This 2007...
View ArticleNo civil remedial fees ruling in Arlington
Northern Virginia will have to wait a while longer for a ruling on the constitutionality of the state’s civil remedial fees. Thaddeus Furlong, an attorney for a Centreveille man charged with reckless...
View ArticleArlington judge rules ‘fees’ unconstitutional
Arlington General District Judge Dorothy Clarke ruled Tuesday that the state’s new fees for “abusive drivers” are unconstitutional. Clarke bought the defendant’s equal protection argument. The scheme...
View Article4th Circuit upholds housing project combined with church
A federal appeals court has affirmed approval of a government-backed project where an Arlington church shares space with subsidized apartments in a single 10-story building. In a Dec. 23 opinion, a...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds punitives against landlord
Yesterday a federal appeals court upheld a $100,000 punitive damage award for a tenant in an Arlington high-rise whose lease was not renewed because of her persistent complaints about her allergies to...
View ArticleReport: Arlington gets two circuit judges
The Arlington Sun Gazette is reporting that Arlington could get not one, but two circuit judges in the budget deal recently hammered out by Senate and House conferees. The conference report will be...
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