tloojs
Jun 18, 20219 min read
Summary and Analysis of Three Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals released three published opinions and five unpublished opinions today. If one didn’t know better, you might suspect...
tloojs
Jun 10, 20215 min read
Summary and Analysis of Court of Appeals Published Opinion from 6/8/2021
Blake Andrew Mitchell, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia is a published opinion from the Court of Appeals from a case previously refused an...
tloojs
Jun 10, 20214 min read
Where have all the Workers Gone?
Time for another mini-rant. A client of mine has been out of work through most of the pandemic and has struggled to get government...
tloojs
Jun 6, 20211 min read
OCD, but not too OCD
Just a short observation: If I was as obsessive about proofreading these posts as I am about correcting them when I am reading them after...
tloojs
Jun 5, 20212 min read
Half a loaf . . .
The saying “half a loaf is better than none” sometimes applies in the law, but it depends on which half of the loaf you get. Yesterday...
tloojs
Jun 5, 20211 min read
We’ve all wanted to do this, and virtual hearings do offer a certain amount of latitude . . .
An attorney observing the virtual oral argument of the appeal of a case he had tried in the lower court was apparently not happy with the...
tloojs
Jun 3, 20212 min read
File this under “Go to Language for Every Appeal Where the Standard is Abuse of Discreation
I try to stay in my lane of summarizing and commenting on Virginia Court of Appeals’ opinions, leaving the commentary on the Mighty Seven...