Business Tort Series: Fraud Fraud is simply defined as a deliberate deception for an unlawful gain. Although it is frequently used in many contexts to describe various flavors of nefarious behavior involving an act of concealment, in Virginia there are six elements of fraud which have to be proven for a

Employer has a duty of care to Asbestos Worker’s family. MichieHamlett partners Kyle McNew and Greg Webb contributed an amicus brief to the winning argument in a recent Virginia Supreme Court decision. The Court considered whether a company is responsible for mesothelioma, an asbestos cancer, of family members exposed to asbestos

A California jury agreed with two victims on Monday, May 13, 2019, and ordered Monsanto to pay the couple more than $2 billion for causing their illness and hiding the truth. The jury reviewed thousands of documents, and heard testimony from medical experts, corporate executives, and scientists. In the end

Most of us are familiar with criminal theft, which is stealing an object that is someone else’s property. There is a broader concept in civil law called conversion, which is an intentional tort (civil wrong) referring to a taking of property belonging to another with the intent of exercising an

As the global economy and technology continue to change and grow the workplace, the role of an employee has changed. Nevertheless, there is a sense of loyalty that an employee owes to his/her employer. But what does that mean? An employee owes a common law “duty of loyalty” most frequently in

MichieHamlett Attorneys at Law is proud to announce that twelve of its attorneys have been named to the 2019 Super Lawyers list. The attorneys identified as either Rising Stars or Super Lawyers include: Ed Lowry, Ron Tweel, Jim Cox, Bryan Slaughter, Greg Webb, David Thomas, Kyle McNew, Les Bowers, Jason