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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.