Law

Richmond’s biggest law firm is getting bigger in other markets. McGuireWoods last week announced expansions in San Francisco and Pittsburgh, where it lured a pair of experienced attorneys over from rival Reed Smith. Mary Hackett joins McGuireWoods’ Pittsburgh office, while David Powell is on board to man the firm’s first office in San Francisco. Richard… Read more »

An Ashland resident is suing the creators of a popular television series, claiming a tale he recently published was the basis for the show. Timothy J. Levi filed a lawsuit in Richmond federal court on March 3, alleging copyright infringement against Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, who created the Fox… Read more »

In a twist, just days before they were set to face trial in Richmond federal court, a local husband-and-wife team of entrepreneurs has pleaded guilty in a case that questioned whether they abused a recession-era stimulus program. Morris and Chiroya Cephas entered guilty pleas on Feb. 24 of one count each of submitting false documents… Read more »

The CEO at one of Richmond’s biggest law firms has passed the baton to an attorney from the firm’s Northern Virginia office.

A jury will decide the fate of a pair of local entrepreneurs accused of abusing a recession-era stimulus program. A trial date is set for March 1 at the Richmond federal courthouse for Morris Cephas Sr. and Chiroya Cephas. The couple, through their defunct Southside recycling company Cephas Industries, is facing criminal charges for an… Read more »

About a quarter of a downtown firm’s attorney workforce has jumped over to a larger local company to help grow its healthcare practice.

The former operators of a Southside biomass recycling plant have been re-indicted after successfully arguing for all but nine of the original 28 counts against them to be dropped.

A long-lingering lawsuit over an allegedly botched deal to sell the State Fair of Virginia has been settled out of court.

An attorney’s discrimination lawsuit against her former employer has been hung up in an argument over where the issue should be settled, with the firm pushing to sweep the suit into arbitration.

The state Supreme Court upheld the decision of lower courts and ruled against the owner of a Hanover RV dealership owner who sued the county over an unbuilt billboard near the long-awaited outlet mall development.