博客:意见 & 观察

“Making America Great Again” – An 移民 Attorney’s Perspective

2017年1月31日

自11月8日起, 2016 – the date on which the United States voted Republican candidate Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States – I have received numerous inquiries about what a Donald Trump presidency would mean for U.S. immigration policy and the immigrants and nonimmigrants living in the United States. The questions have stemmed from curiosity, concern, and sometimes outright fear. 虽然没有人能准确预测未来会发生什么...

弗吉尼亚的离婚理由

2016年10月24日

Whether one is contemplating a divorce or is going through a separation, 友好的还是敌对的, it is important to note what the law requires in order to move forward with a divorce action.  In Virginia, there are three fault grounds for an absolute divorce: (1) adultery, sodomy, or buggery committed outside the marriage[1]; (2) conviction of a felony subsequent to the marriage[2]; and (3) cruelty and desertion after a period of one year form the date of...

ROW项目中的未标记墓地和墓地

2016年10月19日

的确是光荣的骨头. 应该说什么??结果好，一切都好.3.1042).Valar morghulis. Valar dohaeris.冰与火之歌，第三卷，第七十四章，艾莉亚十三.尽管路权专业人士制定了最好的计划, previously forgotten cemeteries or graveyards are sometimes discovered during the course of right-of-way projects. The words “cemetery” and “graveyard” bring with them images of ordered rows of graves with headstones or markers....

维吉尼亚最高法院裁定组队协议不可执行

2016年9月28日

2016年1月，我发表了一篇意见 & 观察 column, Teaming Agreements in Virginia: Are They Enforceable?, dealing with the subject matter of whether teaming agreements are enforceable in Virginia. In that  column I mentioned that there was only one Virginia Supreme Court case dealing with this issue, W. J. 沙佛协会. v. Cordant公司., 254 Va. 514, 493 S.E. 2d 512 (1997). Nevertheless, the reasoning of the Supreme Court in Shafer was followed...

弗吉尼亚的职业康复

2016年9月27日

Under Virginia law an employer who has three or more regular employees in the same business is required to furnish workers’ compensation coverage at no cost to their employees. 这包括职业康复福利. When an employee is injured on the job and is unable to resume usual job duties but still is able to work, an employer is required to furnish reasonable and necessary vocational rehabilitation services to an injured...

Why You Need An Attorney When Selling Your Home FSBO (For Sale By Owner) - August 2016

2016年8月1日

For most people, a home is the most expensive thing that they will ever sell. While not as common, some individuals choose to sell their home "For Sale by Owner" (FSBO). The reasons may vary as sellers may want to be in charge of marketing or save the expense of a listing agent's commission. Starting the process of selling FSBO can be as easy as putting a "For Sale by Owner" sign in your front yard, 一些经纪公司可能会列出你的...

Assisted Reproduction's Impact on Estate Planning and 政府 in Virginia - July 2016

2016年7月14日

随着辅助生殖技术的普及, families who once may not have been able to become parents except through adoption are often able to conceive a child by non-traditional means. However, 就因为你, as a parent, consider a child born by use of ART to be your child in the same way you would consider a child born to you without the use of ART to be your child, 弗吉尼亚州的法律并不总是这样. 本意见及...

为什么银行对某些商业贷款需要银行法律顾问? - 2016年6月

2016年6月24日

I have been representing both borrowers and lenders on commercial transactions for over 30 years and I have frequently encountered this question from borrowers: Why does the bank need its own attorney in the transaction when the borrower is represented by counsel? Implicit in this question is the truism: Borrowers do not like to pay the legal fees of their own lawyer and they certainly don't like to also have to pay legal fees for the bank's attorney. The...

环境法:最高法院的霍克斯公司. Decision May Help Save Your Project When Wetlands are Present - 2016年6月

2016年6月1日

By Jim Lang - 2016年6月Image courtesy of Michael MeesWetlands make it hard to build at a property.  这在汉普顿路尤为重要, Virginia, 由于该国这一地区湿地的高度普及.  建筑商和美国.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) do not always agree on the size of the wetlands footprint, with the builder needing the footprint to be small in order for the project to go forward, 和陆军部队...

President Nixon as Midwife for the Birth of Enviromental Law - 2016年6月

2016年6月1日

不管他是否真的说过, Winston Churchill gets credit for the quote that “Americans will always do the right thing, 只有在他们尝试了所有其他方法之后.11月11日凯霍加河火灾. 3, 1952.  特别馆藏提供, Michael SchwartzLibrary at Cleveland State University (from the Cuyahoga River – Fires, Accidents Collection)When deciding how much pollution may be released into our surroundings and whether...