博客:意见 & 观察
2020年9月11日
截至7月1日, 2020, 系列有限责任公司,成为弗吉尼亚州法律实体领域的最新成员. Set forth in a new Article 16 of Virginia’s Limited Liability Company Act, Virginia’s act is modelled on the Uniform Protected Series Act and brings a relatively new business structure to Virginia. 本质上是传统有限责任公司的变种, 系列有限责任公司(“系列有限责任公司”)试图...
Read MorePerfecting and Successfully Enforcing a Mechanic’s Lien and Dealing with a Lender’s Priority
2020年8月14日
It goes without saying that any mechanic’s lien must be timely filed and must meet all the statutory requirements under the applicable lien statute, 不仅是留置权申请人希望执行其留置权, but also if a lien claimant expects to have its mechanic’s lien enforced ahead of the lender’s lien, 根据当地法规完善留置权, and meet any deadline and other requirements for instituting and successfully prosecuting an...
Read More2020年7月13日
An Employer's Application for Hearing allows an employer to suspend or terminate workers’ compensation benefits of an injured employee who is under an open indemnity award. There are certain instances when an employer can request that workers’ compensation benefits be stopped. An employer may choose to file an Employer’s Application for Hearing and request that the injured worker’s compensation benefits be terminated if: the worker refuses vocational...
Read More2020年6月30日
Virginia has traditionally been viewed as an employer-friendly state. Part of that reputation arises from the fact that it had relatively few wage payment regulations and that state courts were closed to most employment-related claims. Instead, employees had to bring their discrimination claims in federal court, 哪里有损害赔偿的法定上限, and they had to rely on the Department of Labor and Industry to pursue any wage payment claims....
Read MoreNew Laws in Virginia Effective July 1, 2020 and Noteworthy Actions by the Virginia Legislature
2020年6月29日
Many of the new laws passed in the 2020 legislative session reflect concerns that dominated the news last year, 比如大麻合法化, 大规模枪击和枪支管制. 2021年的会议将, no doubt, have bills introduced reflecting current concerns raised by the Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19.Decriminalization of MarijuanaPenalties for offenses involving personal possession of up to one ounce of marijuana are now a civil violation and no...
Read MoreSeparation and Divorce During COVID-19: Steps to Take During Lockdown
2020年5月5日
尽管被告知“这是新常态”, there is nothing normal about the current coronavirus pandemic shutdowns and the related experiences people are enduring throughout Virginia, 这个世界. Many families are hunkered down in a home where parents are trying to assume new roles that may include classroom teacher, 孩子的艺人, 在某些情况下, 全职配偶. Every family has its own dynamic which develops into their “normal”...
Read More2020年4月24日
最近颁布的冠状病毒援助, 救济和经济安全法案, 被称为关怀法案, includes three new federally-funded programs to provide additional unemployment compensation for workers. 而联邦政府正在提供资金, the programs will be administered by the states as part of their unemployment insurance systems. 以下是每个节目的简要总结.《十大正规网赌网址》创建的流行病失业援助...
Read More2020年4月24日
20年4月27日更新-弗吉尼亚州州长签署了该立法.Our 社区协会 Practice Group has been fielding many questions from concerned Boards of Directors regarding their ability to conduct association business during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the Virginia Property Owners’ Association Act and the Virginia Condominium Act, require at least two directors to be physically present at a board meeting in order for the rest of the...
Read MoreBrown Water Seamen and the Stowaway Virus: Coronavirus Precautions
2020年4月23日
当一个人想到古代或现代的海员, 航行穿过深海的画面, 蓝色的海洋在大陆之间的木制帆船或, perhaps, 我想到的是乘坐超大型集装箱船远航. 这些“蓝水”海员, however, constitute only a small fraction of the crews that work onboard the vessels that make our economy run. Most vessels ply the waters closer to home, including tug boats, tow boats, pilot boats,...
Read MoreEvaluating Recent Legislative Efforts to Reform Oyster Leasing in Virginia
2020年4月23日
2016年1月, 弗吉尼亚海洋澳门十大正规网赌网址委员会, concerned about reports of conflicts in the Lynnhaven River system between oyster farmers harvesting from leased grounds and upland property owners, boaters, and other users and about proposed legislation that would have instituted a moratorium on new leases within that river system, formed a working group to review the matter and make recommendations about how to address the conflicts. Very...
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