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Recent Legal Developments

The information we provide here may include proposed or final legislation or regulations, recent decisions of interest or other current legal or business trends and presentations of interest to our clients.


Purchase of Development Rights: Another Option for Conservation Minded Landowners

Advice to Employers Dealing with Abuses of the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA

Farm Bill Improves Tax Benefits for Donors of Conservation Easements

New Amendment to FMLA Requires 26 Weeks of Unpaid Military Family Medical Leave

Good Employment Practices

Company Logos are Valuable Assets

NC Agricultural Finance Authority prevails in Eastern District of Virginia

Employers should know your obligations under the Uniformed Services Employment Rights Act (USERRA)

Employers should review and tighten noncompete provisions

Selected Bankruptcy Decisions

Recent Legal Developments

2005

Chapter 11 and Commercial Bankruptcy Practice

In re Watson, Case No. 05-77864 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2005) court upholds the constitutionality of BAPCPA's credit counseling requirements.

Chapter 12 Bankruptcy

October 17, 2005 - Effective Date - Public Law 109-8 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

October 2005 - BAPCPA - Other Important Changes Under BAPCPA

October 2005 - Employment Laws - Employers Should Review Existing Practices Regarding Releases of Age Discrimination Claims

October 2005 - Chapter 13 Bankruptcy - Other New Chapter 13 Provisions Under BAPCPA

October 2005 - Chapter 13 Bankruptcy - The Basics of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

October 2005 - Chapter 7 Bankruptcy - The Basics of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy; Secured Debts in Chapter 7; Non-Dischargeable Debts and Creditors' Strategy in Chapter 7

2004

September 2004 - Mary Elizabeth Davis, Safe Harbor Under the New FLSA Regulations

July 2004 - Mary Elizabeth Davis, New Rules on Overtime Take Effect August 2004

March 2004 - Dana D. McDaniel, Revision to Local Rule 56 Will Impact Patent Infringement and Other Complex Litigation.

August 20, 2010 - Michael Yager, a Legal Assistant in our Litigation Section, will speak at a NALA LIVE! presentation on electronic discovery, "E-Discovery - Slow Down the Train" 

January 27, 2010 - We are proud to announce that Spotts Fain Managing Director, Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected Chair of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association

December, 2009 - Spotts Fain congratulates our shareholders named in the 2009 Legal Elite list published by Virginia Business magazine.  They are Meade Spotts, Legislative/Regulatory; Hugh Fain, Civil Litigation; Betsy Davis, Labor and Employment; and Dana McDaniel, Intellectual Property. 

December 1, 2009 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination - article by Betsy Davis

October 29, 2009 - Betsy Davis spoke on Recent Changes in Employment Law at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

October 27, 2009 - Spotts Fain presented, Commercial Landlords and Tenants: Planning for and Dealing with Bankruptcy, presenters were Jen West and John Anderson

October 26, 2009 - Comments on President Obama's proposal to increase lending limits on SBA loans, by Tom O'Brien

October 21, 2009 - GINA is Coming - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - article by Betsy Davis

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