Read Full Article (PDF) Preface The University of Richmond Law Review proudly presents the thirty-seventh issue of the Annual Survey of Virginia Law. Since 1985, the Annual Survey has served as a guiding tool for practitioners and students to stay abreast of...
Read Full Article (PDF) In Memoriam: The Honorable Walter S. Felton, Jr. The career of Judge Walter S. Felton, Jr., is marked indelibly with the theme of “called to service.” First, as a Captain in the United States Army, representing wounded soldiers...
Read Full Article (PDF) Foreword This most recent issue reflects this wonderful tradition. In addition to the Annual Survey of Virginia Law, this issue includes three articles that may be of broad interest. First is Professor Eisen’s Article on energy...
Read Full Article (PDF) Cannabis Law On July 1, 2021, Virginia became the sixteenth state to permit recreational use of cannabis. As of 2022, thirty-nine states have legalized the medical use of cannabis, and nineteen states and the District of Columbia have...
Read Full Article (PDF) Civil Practice and Procedure This Article discusses Supreme Court of Virginia opinions and revisions to the Code of Virginia and Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia impacting civil procedure here in the Commonwealth over the last...
Read Full Article (PDF) Criminal Law and Procedure This Article surveys recent developments in criminal procedure and law in Virginia. Because of space limitations, the authors have limited their discussion to the most significant published appellate...
Read Full Article (PDF) Taxation This Article reviews significant recent developments in the laws affecting Virginia state and local taxation. Its Parts cover legislative activity, judicial decisions, and selected opinions and other pronouncements from the...
Read Full Article (PDF) Wills, Trusts, and Estates Between legislative and judicial activity, there have been a number of noteworthy developments and changes to the rules governing trusts and estates. Several of these developments turn on questions related to...
Read Full Article (PDF) COVID-19 and Energy Justice: Utility Bill Relief in Virginia Energy justice has captured national attention as scholars have spotlighted inequities in energy production and distribution activities, energy and utility regulation, and...
Read Full Article (PDF) What is the Standard for Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction in Virginia? A perception exists that the Supreme Court of Virginia has not articulated the legal standard for adjudicating preliminary-injunction motions in Virginia circuit...
Read Full Article (PDF) Banning Noncompetes in Virginia The past decade has seen a nationwide wave of reform in noncompete law, specifically the limitation of noncompete agreements. Since 2016, ten states—including Virginia in 2020— banned the use of...
Read Full Article (PDF) Graphic Justice, Humor, and the Democratization of Legal Discourse The global popularity of comics has propelled scholarship about "graphic justice," a term Thomas Giddens coined to refer to the intersection of comics and law. While...
