Last year, we reported (link: https://www.setlifflaw.com/news/2019/12/richmond-city-voting-to-join-spotsylvania-county-and-hampton-city-in-banning-handheld-cell-phone-use-while-driving/) that Richmond voted to adopt an ordinance banning handheld cell phone use while driving. The day of reckoning is upon us – as of June 8, 2020, the ordinance has officially gone into effect. The full text is as follows: Sec. 27-40.1. Distracted driving. (a) Any person who drives […]

On May 26, 2020 Virginia’s governor, Ralph S. Northam issued an Executive Order requiring people in the Commonwealth of Virginia to wear a face mask/face covering when in a public indoor setting.  This Executive Order followed the governor’s Executive Order Fifty-Five which required the people of Virginia to stay at home and maintain a distance […]

In the short time the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first identified in December 2019 in China, the world is a much different place. As of June 23rd, more than 9.15 million cases had been reported across over 180 countries.  The pandemic caused the largest global recession in history, with more than a third of […]