November 2020

As of November 1, 2016, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers publicly announced the Seventh Edition of the Best Law Firms rankings. MichieHamlett is proud to be included in this elite and extremely impressive group. METROPOLITAN TIER 1 Charlottesville Appellate Practice Commercial Litigation Family Law Litigation – Trusts & Estates Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Real Estate

Distracted driving and its link to traffic accidents, personal injuries and fatalities has been in the news for more than half a decade.  I have made it a public awareness goal of mine to talk about the dangers and to advocate for safe driving practices. The number of highway deaths

Some who were promised a solution in Johnson and Johnson’s Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite hernia mesh, instead found themselves facing potential infections, hernia recurrence and more surgeries. Ethicon Hernia Mesh was first approved for use in hernia repair procedures in April 2010, but without FDA review or clinical trials to

On July 28, 2017 the FDA announced a five-year extension of the deadline for product applications from manufacturers of vaping products. The announcement also lays out the FDA’s vision of lowering nicotine levels and establishing a regulatory framework for tobacco products. “To make certain that the FDA is striking an appropriate

A recent study conducted at the Karolinska Institute, a medical university in Stockholm, has opened up the conversation about the relative safety of vaping, or smoking e-cigarettes. The Karolinska Institute recruited 15 volunteers who had never smoked e-cigarettes. After running a series of tests, they found that 30 minutes after

Technological changes in the auto industry have taken several giant leaps forward in the last decade, including lane change warning systems, emergency braking, and self-driving cars which may only be a year of two away from hitting the roads in huge numbers.  So what does that mean in terms of

By Greg Webb Lawsuits Against Big Tobacco Companies Many people watching old movies and even TV shows from the 60s and 70s are jarred by the amount of smoking going on. Glamorous stars cast smoldering looks as they inhale; rugged heartthrobs stoically take a drag as a reward for another damsel/ranch/platoon saved.

Despite hundred of serious injuries and at least two-dozen deaths, Remington denies hiding a deadly design defect that allows it’s guns to fire without the trigger being pulled. Although Remington agreed to replace the triggers on 7.5 million guns under the terms of a December 2014 class action settlement, legal wrangling

In an opinion issued in late November 2017, the Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld a sanction issued by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s for a violation of the “food-beverage ratio”. The law requires that an establishment’s gross receipts from food sales must amount to at least 45% of