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July 24, 2014

Few things in recent history have been as polarizing as the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. The decision has been both heralded and condemned, as the nation’s top court was forced to draw a line between women’s rights and the religious rights of a business. While the five male justices who voted in favor of Hobby Lobby have assured the public that the decision is a very narrow one, there’s legitimate reason to believe that this could be an extremely slippery slope, especially for lesbians, gays, bisexuals…

May 8, 2014

A Woodbridge personal injury law firm has been thrust into the news after it fired an employee who suffered a panic attack during lunch. Now the woman, Laura Springvloed, is suing her former employers for lost wages, court fees, attorneys’ fees, compensatory damages, consequential damages, and punitive damages. According to the lawsuit, Springvloed claims she had anxiety problems which worsened following a surgery to remove a mass from her breast. On Feb. 22, 2013, she suffered a panic attack during lunch. She texted her boss, saying: “I’m not coming back. I’m physically shaking and suffering inside.

November 21, 2013

Trying and winning a wrongful termination case can be extremely difficult and time consuming. Just ask Sgt. Arthur Farra. He spent the last eight months fighting to be reinstated to his post at the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia – a position he felt he should have never lost. According to Farra, the now deceased Sherriff Eugene Crum took retaliatory actions against him, which ultimately led to his unlawful firing last February. Crum learned that Farra was investigating accusations of the sheriff purchasing illegal prescription drugs from a local drug dealer. Upon…