博客:意见 & 观察
New Laws in Virginia Effective July 1, 2020 and Noteworthy Actions by the Virginia Legislature
2020年6月29日
Many of the new laws passed in the 2020 legislative session reflect concerns that dominated the news last year, 比如大麻合法化, 大规模枪击和枪支管制. 2021年的会议将, no doubt, have bills introduced reflecting current concerns raised by the Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19.Decriminalization of MarijuanaPenalties for offenses involving personal possession of up to one ounce of marijuana are now a civil violation and no...
Read MoreSeparation and Divorce During COVID-19: Steps to Take During Lockdown
2020年5月5日
尽管被告知“这是新常态”, there is nothing normal about the current coronavirus pandemic shutdowns and the related experiences people are enduring throughout Virginia, 这个世界. Many families are hunkered down in a home where parents are trying to assume new roles that may include classroom teacher, 孩子的艺人, 在某些情况下, 全职配偶. Every family has its own dynamic which develops into their “normal”...
Read More2020年4月24日
最近颁布的冠状病毒援助, 救济和经济安全法案, 被称为关怀法案, includes three new federally-funded programs to provide additional unemployment compensation for workers. 而联邦政府正在提供资金, the programs will be administered by the states as part of their unemployment insurance systems. 以下是每个节目的简要总结.《亚洲博彩平台排名》创建的流行病失业援助...
Read More2020年4月24日
UPDATED 4/27/20 - Virginia Governor signed the legislation.Our 社区协会 Practice Group has been fielding many questions from concerned Boards of Directors regarding their ability to conduct association business during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the Virginia Property Owners’ Association Act and the Virginia Condominium Act, require at least two directors to be physically present at a board meeting in order for the rest of the...
Read MoreBrown Water Seamen and the Stowaway Virus: Coronavirus Precautions
2020年4月23日
当一个人想到古代或现代的海员, 航行穿过深海的画面, 蓝色的海洋在大陆之间的木制帆船或, perhaps, making long voyages on ultra-large container vessels comes to mind. 这些“蓝水”海员, however, constitute only a small fraction of the crews that work onboard the vessels that make our economy run. Most vessels ply the waters closer to home, including tug boats, tow boats, pilot boats,...
Read MoreEvaluating Recent Legislative Efforts to Reform Oyster Leasing in Virginia
2020年4月23日
2016年1月, 弗吉尼亚海洋澳门亚洲博彩平台排名委员会, concerned about reports of conflicts in the Lynnhaven River system between oyster farmers harvesting from leased grounds and upland property owners, boaters, and other users and about proposed legislation that would have instituted a moratorium on new leases within that river system, formed a working group to review the matter and make recommendations about how to address the conflicts. Very...
Read MoreWhy Everyone Needs an Estate Plan and Why It Probably Should Involve a Trust
2020年4月21日
我们都知道你不能把它带走, but too many people have not taken the time to properly consider an appropriate estate plan. 很多人都像弗雷德和莎莉·史密斯. 弗雷德和莎莉一直在拖延遗产计划. They don’t like thinking about dying and what the world will be like when they are no longer in it. 不幸的是, death, 正如本杰明·富兰克林指出的那样, 人生的两大必然之一(另一个, of...
Read More2020年4月17日
面对世界范围的流行病, 全国各地的州长都发布了, 这是我有生以来第一次, universal stay-at-home orders virtually shutting down our way of life. While it is an extremely difficult transition for in-tact families, persons who must co-parent with another parent during this current crisis are experiencing extra-ordinary difficulties. Under the best of conditions, it is sometimes difficult to work with the child’s other...
Read MoreCommercial Landlord-Tenant Relations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020年4月17日
在COVID-19造成的健康和经济危机中, landlords, 物业经理, and tenants of commercial property are scrambling for information and establishing new policy. Briefings by the President and Governor change the way businesses can be conducted with little or no advanced warning. 今天还行得通的事，明天可能就不可行了.What has become clear, is that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing economic upheaval for businesses....
Read MoreCan Virginia Renters Be Evicted During the COVID-19 Crisis?
2020年4月16日
There seems to be a common belief that landlords may not evict residential tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like most beliefs, it’s rooted in truth, but the details may be surprising.On March 16, 2020, the Virginia Supreme Court made an emergency judicial order in response to COVID-19 that essentially put the brakes on all cases for 21 days. On March 27, the Court extended the order by another 21days. 目前，所有民事案件都是...
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