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Virginia’s Path to a Regulated Marijuana Market: Legislative Advances and Political Hurdles

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The Virginia General Assembly has once again advanced legislation to establish a regulated market for recreational marijuana sales. Virginia is unique in that it allows personal possession of cannabis but bans retail sales...more

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Virginia AG Reminds Suppliers: Price Gouging Laws in Effect Due to Wildfires

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On November 7, Virginia Attorney General (AG) Jason Miyares reminded suppliers that the current state of emergency caused by wildfires triggered Virginia’s anti-price gouging statutes, which prohibit businesses from raising...more

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Virginia Repeals Permanent COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard

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Executive Summary: In response to Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 6, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry’s Safety and Health Codes Board (“VSHCB”) voted to rescind Virginia’s permanent COVID-19...more

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Virginia Drafts COVID-19 Guidance As It Mulls Eliminating Standard

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Virginia has drafted workplace guidance in the event it strikes down its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 standard. On his first day in office, Governor Glenn Younkin declared Virginia “open for business” and issued...more

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Virginia Passes Permanent COVID-19 Employee Health and Safety Requirements

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Last summer, we reported on Virginia’s adoption of an “Emergency Temporary Standard for Infection Disease Prevention: SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19” (the “Temporary Standard”), which made Virginia the first state to...more

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Virginia gynecologist’s fraud trial surfaces hundreds of mistreatment claims

A Virginia criminal case, while focusing on claims of fraud against the federal government, also has exposed a long-running and nightmarish pattern of what prosecutors assert has been a Chesapeake gynecologist’s rampant...more

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Have You Started Your COVID-19 Training And Infectious Disease Plan In Virginia?

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Virginia recently enacted its Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19. The standard’s requirement that employers train workers came and went on August 26, 2020. Virginia Occupational Safety and Health expects employers to...more

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