博客:意见 & 观察

Property Settlement Agreements: Balancing the Special Fiduciary Relationship Between Spouses and “Fairness” - December 2015

2015年12月1日

When dealing with a property settlement agreement between spouses going through a separation or divorce, 这很容易假设, 像很多合同一样, 当协议签署的时候, 这是板上钉钉的事.” However, Virginia courts have addressed numerous instances in which one party has claimed their spouse committed fraud to induce them into signing an agreement or that the agreement was “unconscionable.“这只是我们建议采取行动的众多原因之一...

Divorce: Are Assets with No Value Subject to Equitable Distribution? ——2015年11月

2015年11月11日

In Virginia, courts divide marital assets between parties (Code Ann. § 20–107.3, Michie, 2012) after analyzing evidence to determine whether the property is separate, 婚姻的或两者的混合. 在大多数情况下，这很容易确定.法院然后确定资产的价值, 在许多情况下，哪些是双方可以约定的. If not, 他们被提供作为证据, often resulting in disagreements between the representatives of each...

环境法律 and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act: Where Local Knowledge is a “Must” - October 2015

2015年10月7日

by James T. 住在水上可以看到美丽的景色, opportunities for boating and fishing and other amenities, all of which come with a (sometimes hidden) cost because the waterfront is subject to a complicated web of environmental laws and regulations. Among these, the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (found at Virginia code §§ 62.1-44.15:67 to 62.1-44.15:79) is unique in that it is a creature of local government, with minimal state oversight,...

How Citizens' 环境法律suits Can Stop Pollution - September 2015

2015年9月24日

by James T. LangThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) have primary responsibility for enforcing the environmental laws and regulations in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 有些时候, however, when the EPA or the DEQ are unwilling or unable to take action against a polluter who is contaminating water, 违反环境法的空中或陆地. 有时政府做不到...

Eminent Domain: From Biblical Times to the Present - September 2015

2015年9月22日

by D. Rossen S. GreeneI: A Brief History of Eminent Domain:A French jurist of the early 19th century, 梅林·德·杜埃, claimed that the earliest known reference to the use of eminent domain is in the Old Testament in the Book of Kings, which describes the acquisition of Naboth’s vineyard by King Ahab: “And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, 把你的葡萄园给我, 这样我就可以把它当作菜园了, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee...

沿海移民仍在继续, Waterfront Property Owners Encounter Complicated and Costly Environmental Regulations - September 2015

2015年9月15日

by James T. LangWaterfront property owners in Hampton Roads are privileged to enjoy the ambiance and a fantastic view, in addition to a highly valuable set of riparian property rights.[1]然而，这些好处是有代价的. Waterfront owners must be prepared to carry the expense of operating their properties in compliance with a multi-faceted and complicated web of federal, state and local legal environmental requirements designed for and specifically...

The Department of Labor’s Proposed Overtime Changes - August 2015

2015年8月4日

杰弗里·D. WilsonMany employers rightfully view the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) as a minefield, 而且，它可能很快就会变得更加危险. The FLSA requires employers to pay their employees one-and-a-half times their regular pay rate for any hours worked in excess of 40 a week. However, Sections 13(a)(1) and (17) provide exceptions for bona fide executive, 行政, 专业, 外销售, and...

子女抚养费，配偶抚养费... 父母的支持? - June 2015

2015年6月3日

We have all heard of child support and spousal support. They are regular concepts in any family attorney’s day. But, few of us who regularly engage in family law cases have ever had to deal with parent support. Va. Code Ann. 20 - 88(§米奇, 2009) in part provides the following:It shall be the joint and several duty of all persons eighteen years of age or over, 有足够的赚钱能力或收入的, 在合理地为他或她自己提供资金之后...

建筑律师是做什么的? - May 2015

2015年5月7日

在法律界, 有些律师的业务包括, 在不同程度上, 业主代表, contractors, 分包商, material suppliers and designers or other parties involved in the construction industry, 涉及商业建筑工程的事项, 私人和公共, 以及住宅建设项目. Attorneys who devote a major portion of their practice to construction and public contract law...

Employment Authorization for H-4 Dependent Spouses of Certain H-1B Nonimmigrants Under the New DHS Rule - April 2015

2015年4月15日

by Anne C. 2月25日, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") issued a final rule amending DHS regulations to extend eligibility for employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident status. 最后一条规则, 5月26日生效, 2015, supports DHS goals of attracting and retaining highly skilled foreign workers by helping to alleviate some of the hardship...