Cases by Malibu Media, LLC and Strike 3 Holdings, LLC In recent years federal courts, including the Eastern District of Virginia, have been flooded with copyright infringement cases filed against individuals by Plaintiffs, Malibu Media, LLC, and Strike 3 Holdings,...
The United States District Courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) is nicknamed the "Rocket Docket" for good reason. It routinely comes in at the top of the fastest federal district court jurisdictions in the country. It is also run by strictly enforced...
Virginia Business Contracts While it seems like a simple question, a contract’s terms are often overlooked until the parties are in the grips of litigation. Everyone has been through the process of initialing and signing a long contract full of boilerplate language...
Criminal embezzlement in Virginia is the theft, misuse, or fraudulent use of money or property from an employer, organization, or other entity or individual. See Virginia Code § 18.2-111: If any person wrongfully and fraudulently use, dispose of, conceal or...
A subpoena duces tecum is a formal legal document instructing the recipient to produce certain identified documents, computer files, or other physical items. Virginia Code § 16.1-89. Subpoena duces tecum; attorney-issued subpoena duces tecum. A judge or clerk of a...
Preparing for your consultation with a litigation attorney As an experienced Litigation Attorney, I am often asked a question which seems simple but isn’t: “Do I have a case?” Unfortunately, the answer to this is always complex. It is dependent on what happened, how...
Cross-examination is a key part of any contested trial. Good lawyers—like good song writers—must be good story tellers. Trial lawyers must tell a client’s story within the context and procedures of the trial. The opening statement lays out the story, foreshadowing...
The President recently signed The Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 into law. Friend-of-the-firm Bill Aramony attended the recent bill signing at the White House. Bill has over 30 years representing employees and veterans,...
In a decision that is of interest to lawyers and probably boring to everyone else, SCoVA held that the filing a notice of appeal does not divest the trial court of its jurisdiction to consider a defendant's post-trial motion to withdraw a guilty plea under Virginia...
A criminal charge in Virginia can occur with little advance warning, which means you, as the defendant, are often unprepared and uneducated regarding what is going to happen next. The process can seem as intimidating as the charge. Complicating matters, the process...
