Virginia & Metro D.C.

Virginia and Metro D.C. reports on the latest important decisions from the federal and state courts in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

You can find our most recent blogs below. For a full index since February 15, 2016, please click here.

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Cybersecurity 2015: Are We Near End of Big Retail Hacks?

Cybersecurity emerged as a much bigger risk for companies in 2014, and is likely to be a hot topic again in 2015. We asked some top cybersecurity and data privacy experts to look ahead and tell us what they see. Two top trends: companies now “get” the need for cybersecurity and new payment systems could… Read »

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Supreme Court to Post Filings Online — But Still Prohibit Cameras

The U.S. Supreme Court, long a technological laggard in providing public access to its records and proceedings, will begin posting all court filings online as soon as 2016, Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday in his year-end report on the federal judiciary.  The U.S. Supreme Court, long a technological laggard in providing public access to… Read »