The dismissal, which came on April 10, ties up a loose end ahead of the island’s sale to the City of Richmond, which is working with the Capital Region Land Conservancy to acquire the 15-acre island and turn it into a park.
Upon filing for Chapter 11 protection last month, the company said the process will allow it to remain in business and retain its 35 employees while attempting to sell the business or restructure its debts.
Lustre, born out of Adolf Jewelers, is fighting to be let free from a $5 million lawsuit filed against one of its owners and her husband, claiming the couple’s nanny was sexually harassed on the job and discovered a hidden camera in the bathroom of the family’s home.
The moves come at a time of rapid growth for O’Hagan, while the departures leave Miles & Stockbridge with just two attorneys in Richmond. But the firm is finalizing a lease for a new, larger office in a bid to recruit new talent and ramp back up quickly.
The firm, which currently has around 70 attorneys and an appetite for growth, is relocating its downtown headquarters from the Bank of America building to 35,000 square feet at Truist Center.
At least three lawsuits and eight warrant-in-debt actions have been filed against the company since its sudden closure on March 15. Clients and subcontractors thus far say they’re owed more than $200,000.
An argument over who’s to blame for a fire that gutted a Northside seafood production facility has sparked a formal legal battle.
The settlement requires that Henrico invest $1 million in an environmental project and includes commitments from the county to improve its sewage treatment plant and collection system, as well as how it notifies the public of sewage spills.
The former Live Well Financial CEO has scored a legal victory and will remain on bond and out of prison for the foreseeable future while appealing his fraud conviction and related 44-month sentence.
Court documents show the former Live Well Financial CEO plans to appeal on the grounds that the judge in his case erred in denying his request for a new trial in December.
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