博客:意见 & Observations
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....
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2016年1月，我发表了一篇意见 & Observations 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, Inc., 254 Va. 514, 493 S.E. 2d 512 (1997). Nevertheless, the reasoning of the Supreme Court in Shafer was followed...
Read More2016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...
Read MoreWhy 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...
Read MoreAssisted Reproduction's Impact on Estate Planning and 政府 in Virginia - July 2016
2016年7月14日
With the availability of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), 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...
Read More为什么银行对某些商业贷款需要银行法律顾问? - June 2016
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...
Read More环境法:最高法院的霍克斯公司. Decision May Help Save Your Project When Wetlands are Present - June 2016
2016年6月1日
By Jim Lang - June 2016Image courtesy of Michael MeesWetlands make it hard to build at a property. 这在汉普顿路尤为重要, Virginia, due to the high prevalence of wetlands in this part of the country. 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...
Read MorePresident Nixon as Midwife for the Birth of Enviromental Law - June 2016
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...
Read MoreMay 24, 2016
“我想成立一个企业，我应该选择什么样的实体??” As a business attorney, this is a question that I frequently run across. The choice of a business entity is one of the first questions that a new start-up should address and is more nuanced that many might think. To answer the question properly involves an analysis of the legal, 企业所有者的税收和管理目标. 一个业主希望建立一个房地产控股公司...
Read More环境法律: An Oil Spill Could Cost Your Business - March 2016
2016年3月14日
by James T. 每艘船的船东, 每个船厂, each port, and each waterfront facility that handles oil is faced with the risk of an oil spill into water. 忽视风险是鲁莽的. It puts the business in jeopardy, along with the assets and even the personal freedom of the owner. 承认风险, 管理它, is an important business judgment that weighs the economic cost of the available prevention measures, 在多大程度上...
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