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The five attorneys formerly with Frieden Seery Nuckols & Hahn are in the front row: Alan Frieden, Scott Seery, Carol Hahn, Lane Nuckols, and Mike Nuckols. Business support staff Kristen Berglund, Michelle O'Neal, Renee Williams, Lorinda Vincent, Barbara Jakimjuk, Colleen Reynolds and Lisa Pesquera are in the back row. Photo Courtesy Sands Anderson
May 1, 2025

Sands Anderson absorbs Virginia Beach law firm

Richmond-based law firm Sands Anderson on Thursday announced that it completed its merger with Virginia Beach-based law firm Frieden Seery Nuckols & Hahn.

Apr 30, 2025

Maritime Law Firms 2025

A list of Virginia law firms specializing in maritime law practice

Apr 30, 2025

Law firms advise businesses on Trump 2.0 policies

Virginia law firms see surge in client questions as Trump’s 2025 executive orders spark regulatory, immigration, and DEI compliance concerns.

Apr 30, 2025

KPMG enters U.S. legal market with Arizona launch

KPMG Law U.S. debuts in Arizona, marking a bold step into the legal industry and sparking debate about the future of law firm ownership and competition.

FILE - A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)
Apr 21, 2025

Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case

Google confronts an existential threat Monday as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly. The drama will unfold in a Washington courtroom during the next three weeks during hearings that will determine how the company should be penalized for operating an […]

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference outside Manhattan federal court in New York on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Apr 21, 2025

Trump official urges criminal probe of NY AG over Virginia home purchase

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In the summer of 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James helped her niece buy a modest house in Norfolk, Virginia, by becoming a co-borrower on the mortgage loan. A top housing official in the Trump administration has now seized on a document in that transaction to argue that James should […]

Apr 18, 2025

This 420, Virginians can possess marijuana but still can’t buy it

Rolling into a 420 weekend seems like a good time to do an overview of Virginia’s current marijuana landscape. In 2021, Virginia became the first state in the South to legalize marijuana. If you’re 21 years old or older, you can lawfully possess up to one ounce of weed and grow up to four marijuana […]

A photo of a LewisGale Medical Center sign surrounded by flowering trees.
Apr 15, 2025

Roanoke jury finds ER doc wasn’t fired for whistleblowing

A jury decided Friday that a Roanoke Valley emergency room doctor was not fired for complaining that HCA Healthcare’s emphasis on short wait times at LewisGale Medical Center and its Cave Spring ER had a negative impact on patient safety. Dr. Thomas Bolton sought $20 million in his lawsuit against his former employer, Lake Spring […]

Apr 9, 2025

Intelligent Waves pays $1.95M to settle False Claims Act allegations

Reston-based defense contractor Intelligent Waves agreed to pay $1.95 million to settle False Claims Act allegations involving two U.S. Air Force contracts. And in a separate case, Fairfax-based government contractor General Dynamics Mission Systems agreed to pay $600,000 to settle allegations that a company that it acquired made false statements in federal government contract proposals. […[...]

FILE - The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Apr 8, 2025

Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees [&hellip[...]

A photo of a LewisGale Medical Center sign surrounded by flowering trees.
Apr 7, 2025

Roanoke ER doc seeks $20M in landmark whistleblower lawsuit

A Roanoke Valley emergency room doctor’s $20 million lawsuit goes to jury trial this week, with Dr. Thomas Bolton alleging that he was fired for complaining that HCA Healthcare’s emphasis on shorter ER wait times at LewisGale Medical Center and its Cave Spring ER had a negative impact on patient safety. The case is believed […]

FILE - Luigi Mangione , accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a hearing, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)
Apr 1, 2025

Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment. It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death [&he[...]

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