The Virginia Supreme Court issued four opinions today of particular interest to local governments.  Three involve localities as parties (City of Falls Church, County of Fairfax, and Town of Vienna), and the fourth involve a construction case filed against the Commonwealth of Virginia in which the Court addresses several issues of interest to local governments.  (Excerpted from the Supreme [...]

Virginia Court of Appeals interprets language from Va Code § 33.1-386, identical to language in the Virginia Public Procurement Act In their recent article, the Sands Anderson Marks & Miller construction litigation team commented on the Virginia Court of Appeals case, Commonwealth v. AMEC Civil, LLC, 54 Va. App. 240, 677 S.E.2d 633 (2009). Their [...]