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#1 Virginia High Court Rules Wage Theft Law Does Not Cover Commissions

Jan 6 2026 // The Virginia wage theft statute does not extend to protect employee commissions, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The Virgibia Supreme Court wrote that, in the plain meaning, the term “wages” ordinarily is...

#2 Judge Allows Virginia Offshore Wind Project to Restart in Another Setback for Trump

Jan 21 2026 // A federal judge on Friday cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project, the third legal blow this week to President Donald Trump’s anti-offshore wind agenda. Judge...

#3 People Moves: Fallon to Lead CRC Specialty Expansion Into Virginia

Jan 16 2026 // Tracey Fallon Tracey Fallon has been named office president for wholesale insurance broker CRC Group’s first Virginia office. Fallon will lead CRC Specialty’s recently opened Richmond office, strengthening...

#4 Virginia Strengthens Oversight of Nursing Homes

Jan 16 2026 // Virginia officials are touting the state’s efforts in strengthening oversight of the state’s 300 nursing homes, including filling leadership and inspector positions and improving how complaints are...

#5 Rapaport Reappointed as Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commissioner

Feb 2 2026 // The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission reappointed Commissioner Robert A. Rapaport to serve an additional six-year term as a commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission. Rapaport was...