McCandlish Holton is pleased to announce that twenty-three of our attorneys are named 2019 'Legal Elite' by Virginia Business magazine. Each year Virginia Business asks attorneys throughout the Commonwealth to nominate their peers for distinction in 20 categories.
The full list of 23 McCandlish Holton attorneys on this year’s Legal Elite list, recognized in 13 categories:
December 4, 2019
Tags: News, Employment Law, Government Law, Health Care Law, Litigation, Medical Campus Development, Business Law, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property, Real Estate & Finance, Super Lawyers, Arbitration, Attorneys
New Section Added to Virginia Code §8.01-379.2:1
On March 7, 2019, the Virginia legislature passed S1619, which added a new section to the Virginia code addressing spoliation at § 8.01-379.2:1. Governor Ralph Northam signed the new legislation into law on March 21, 2019.
S1619 creates an affirmative duty to preserve evidence that a party should reasonably foresee as being relevant to a future lawsuit. The law instructs courts to examine all of the circumstances when determining when the duty to preserve evidence is triggered. Courts must evaluate when the party in possession of the evidence (1) had notice litigation was likely, and (2) realized that the evidence in question would be relevant to the lawsuit.
The Legislature Provides Two Different Spoliation Remedies
The legislature also provided two different spoliation remedies. First, S1619 provides that when
March 26, 2019
Tags: Government Law, Litigation, Virginia Legislative Alert, spoliation, evidence
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February 7, 2019
Tags: Government Law, Government Contracts, events, False Claims Act
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