Navigating the Complexities of Commercial Land Use in Virginia
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Written by: Olaun Simmons Virginia’s commercial real estate market offers immense opportunities, but it’s not without its challenges. For developers, investors, and business owners, navigating land use regulations can often feel overwhelming. With a maze of zoning laws, lengthy approval processes, and potential community opposition,...
Read More It’s My Property – I Can Build What I Want To!
Monday, March 18, 2024
Virginia has a complex system of zoning laws in place to regulate land use and development. These laws can be confusing for property owners, especially those unfamiliar with the regulations that apply to a specific property. Our land use team aims to demystify Virginia zoning...
Read More New Water and Sewer Allocation Ordinance Does Not Constitute an Unconstitutional Taking
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Written by: Guy Jeffress The recent case of PEM Entities LLC v. County of Franklin (2023 WL 105711), out of the United States Court of Appeals (the “Court”), reminds us that the imposition of new rules or restrictions by a local government, although onerous in...
Read More Are You Keeping Proper Records?
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Written by: Guy Jeffress The recent federal case of Renee Mason, DPM, v. Brian Mazzei, Et Al., 2023 WL 234777, out of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, highlights the importance of adhering to proper record-keeping formalities, even if you are...
Read More Concept Of “Disguised,” Or “De Facto” Dividends Discussed In Recent Maryland Case.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Written by: Guy Jeffress Edward MEKHAYA v. EASTLAND FOOD CORPORATION, et al., 2022 WL 17843057 Appellate Court of Maryland (formerly the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland) In a first for Maryland, the Appellate Court of Maryland, relying on persuasive authority from other jurisdictions, paved...
Read More The Importance of A Guaranty.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Written by: Guy Jeffress The decision of the Supreme Court of Virginia in Grayson v. Westwood Buildings L.P., 300 Va. 25, 859 S.E.2d 651 (2021) highlights the need to confirm a tenant’s financial ability to pay the rent during the term of a lease and...
Read More Abandoned Permits
Monday, May 16, 2022
Written by: Guy Jeffress On April 25, 2022, Prince William County Development Services, Building Development Division, issued Policy 1.03 entitled Abandoned Building Permits and Applications and is in the process of auditing and revoking “abandoned” permit applications and issued permits. In general, an issued permit...
Read More DON’T RISK YOUR BUSINESS BY IGNORING VIOLATION NOTICES.
Monday, March 14, 2022
Written by: Guy Jeffress In a January 2022 unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld the immediate revocation of a certificate of occupancy for a hospitality venue located in Fairfax County, effectively closing the business. The revocation was based in part on a...
Read More Labor Reforms Targeted as Virginia Prepares for a Change in Administration
Monday, January 24, 2022
Written by: Monica Munin, Esq. Republican governor Glenn Youngkin assumed office on January 15, 2022, enacting 11 executive orders including orders that; end mandatory masking for children in grade K-12; ban critical race theory from state classrooms; promise to “investigate wrongdoing” in Loudoun County Public...
Read More Reporting Requirements For “Non-Financed” Real Estate Transactions In The Works
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Written by: Guy Jeffress On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury that works to safeguard the U.S. financial system from illicit use and money laundering, and to promote national security, issued an advance notice of...
Read More Employers Who Fail to Pay Wages: Employee Private Right of Action
Thursday, June 25, 2020
(Part Three of a Four-Part Series) By Kristina Keech Spitler, Esq. and Brendan F. Cassidy, Esq. While businesses have been focused on dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, working remotely, educating kids, and figuring out how to return to work safely, new laws will go into effect...
Read More What should you do to best protect your business from litigation arising out of the Covid-19 crisis?
Friday, April 17, 2020
What should you do to best protect your business from litigation arising out of the Covid-19 crisis? By: Brett Callahan, Esq. Do you have more Coronavirus related legal questions? Visit our Covid-19 business resource page HERE or call us at 703-369-4738. We are open and...
Read More Who bears the risk if a contract can’t be fulfilled due to a Covid-19 hardship?
Monday, April 13, 2020
Who bears the risk if a contract can’t be fulfilled due to a Covid-19 hardship? It is important for businesses to review any existing contracts they believe could be affected by these disruptions. When reviewing your contracts consider these measures: By: Brett Callahan, Esq. Do...
Read More Resources to Help Employers Respond to Workplace Issues From COVID-19 (Corona Virus)
Monday, March 23, 2020
By: Kristina Keech Spitler, Esquire FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFO, PLEASE VISIT OUR COVID-19 PAGE DOWNLOAD THE REPORT FOR PRINT Given the fast-paced and changing nature of the impacts of the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) pandemic, businesses are working to respond in the best...
Read More When is the last time you updated your employee handbook
Friday, January 3, 2020
Join us for a free upcoming seminar: Employee Handbooks. Will Yours Make the Grade? February 13th, 2020 Join Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, P.C.’s employment law attorneys Kris Spitler and Brendan Cassidy for a presentation on how to create an effective and compliant employee handbook. Whether...
Read More How to Protect Your Business When Ice Agents Want To Inspect Your I-9 Forms
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
ICE Agents have been active recently in the Prince William area and other parts of the VA/DC/MD metropolitan area, investigating businesses (especially small and medium companies) to determine compliance with properly completing and retaining I-9 forms. Employers in industries involving construction, restaurants, landscaping, and janitorial/cleaning...
Read More Book Smarts…VF&N attorney, textbook contributor
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Pictured above: VF&N land use and zoning attorney, Karen Cohen, with legendary engineer, Sid Dewberry, PE, LS, Chairman Emeritus, Dewberry, Kat Grimsley, Director of the MS Real Estate Development program at George Mason University, and the team of book contributors, celebrating the publication of the...
Read More General Contractors Beware of New Maryland Law
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
by Guy R. Jeffress, Esq. The Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 853, which took effect on October 1, 2018, that added the following text to Section 3-507.2 of the Maryland Code, Labor & Employment: In an action brought under subsection (a) of this section,...
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