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Texas Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Striking Down FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
On August 20, 2024, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction striking down a rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) banning the use of most employer/employee…
For-Profit Companies Find Religion – What’s a Transactional Lawyer to Do?
Last month, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Hobby Lobby case that closely held for-profit corporations can have “free exercise rights” as “persons” under The Religious Freedom Restoration…
Cliona Robb to Present at 2024 National CCA Conference
Energy and Telecommunications attorney Cliona Mary Robb has been selected to present at this year’s 2024 National Conference on Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). Her session, “CCA Start-Up Toolkit: Getting Started…
Crashing into Appellate Advocacy
I recently had the pleasure of presenting an overview of Virginia’s appellate process at an all-day CLE program offered by Virginia CLE, which served as a crash course in appellate…
ThompsonMcMullan Welcomes Phillip A. Sitz
Former Intelligence Officer with the Air Force, cybersecurity professional, and business owner Phillip A. Sitz has joined ThompsonMcMullan as an associate with our Civil Litigation practice. During his time as…
Adoption Basics: Stepparent Adoptions
It is often said that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Whether that statistic is true or not (some say not), I find myself helping many blended families with…
IRS Releases Form 1023-EZ for Certain Nonprofit Organizations
The IRS recently issued Form 1023-EZ for use by certain nonprofit organizations applying for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). With the IRS’ tax-exempt unit under recent political scrutiny, a nonprofit…
Clarification on the Statute of Limitations for Conditions of Confinement Cases
The Supreme Court of Virginia has recently addressed and clarified the application of Va. Code § 8.01-243.2, which provides: No person confined in a state or local correctional facility shall…
Federal District Court Finds General Allegations of Fraud, Duress, and Overreaching Insufficient to Invalidate Contract Dispute Resolution Provisions
Dispute resolution provisions, such as forum-selection clauses, arbitration clauses, and choice-of-law clauses, are commonly included in modern business and employment contracts. A recent opinion in Zaklit v. Global Linguist Solutions,…
Latest Decisions from the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary System
This is the first of a monthly series summarizing some of the latest decisions from the various District Committee, Disciplinary Board, and Three Judge Panel decisions of the Virginia State…