Law

Don’t leave court without it

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A lawsuit from American Express Travel is the latest legal issue for John Ross Greer and his Richmond-based luxury villa rental company.

Local businessman charged with grand larceny

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John Ross Greer, a local businessman whose illegal dealings in precious metals made Richmond headlines in the 1980s, ran into the law again last week.

An unusual but optimistic request

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New Kent Courthouse Village, a stalled $30 million mixed-use development modeled after a traditional English village, had its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection dismissed.

More trouble for Tetra

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A local bank is foreclosing on parcels at four sites in Henrico that were once in the pipeline of the Tetra Companies, a Virginia Beach real estate investment firm that appears to have dissolved.

Rental agency has unusual pattern of complaints

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A Richmond company that helps its clients rent luxury villas around the world has found itself in a coast-to-coast legal battle with a television and Broadway producer.

SBA borrowing down in Va.

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Lending to small businesses in the state showed a 36 percent decline in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same three months of 2010.

Wells Fargo sues to collect from Fergusons

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A second bank claims the Fergusons lied about their wealth to get loans, and has sued to recover debts it doesn’t want tossed out in bankruptcy.

Rug business cleans up

A local developer and a Northern Virginia rug cleaning company purchases the business interests and commercial real estate of a prominent bankrupt Richmond couple at auction. And already one developer is planning to put in apartments in Oregon Hill.

Hirschler Fleischer swings back at fraud suit

A Richmond law firm that has been dragged into a bankruptcy suit tied to a Ponzi scheme says the plaintiff is just trying to collect money from everyone and their mother.