Christian & Barton is pleased to announce that it has successfully negotiated a local performance agreement on behalf of our client that will require a minimum of $100 billion of capital investment over a 30-year period and bring a minimum of 2,500 jobs to Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The firm represented the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility...Read More
Christian & Barton is pleased to announce that it served as general counsel for the Staunton River Regional Industrial Facility Authority in a significant economic development project that will bring 1,500 jobs and at least $500 million in capital investment in Pittsylvania County and the Town of Hurt, Virginia. The deal is reported to be...Read More
By Robert D. Michaux An opinion from the Fourth Circuit published just before the chaos of the 2025 holiday season is a good reminder that when it comes to protecting your trade secrets, more is definitely better. In Samuel Sherbrooke Corporate, Ltd. v. Mayer, Case No. 24-2173 (4th Cir. Nov. 18, 2025), the Fourth Circuit...Read More
Steven W. Lippman has been appointed counsel at Christian & Barton, where he is an experienced member of the Business Law, Health Care and Municipal Governance departments. Lippman is currently a member of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Executive Committee, and serves as the YLD representative on the VBA’s Law Practice Management...Read More
Paige R. Skinner has joined Christian & Barton as an associate in the Labor and Employment, and Litigation practice groups. She assists clients with employment and personnel matters, contract and business tort disputes, and general litigation issues. Skinner holds degrees from the University of Richmond School of Law and Appalachian State University. This item has...Read More
By Robert D. Michaux The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that for a copyright owner possessing a timely claim, there is no time-based limit for obtaining damages for past infringement in the Copyright Act. How far back can a copyright infringement plaintiff reach for damages? Before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision May 9, 2024 in...Read More
By Robert D. Michaux Federal judicial caseload statistics from U.S. courts indicate a decline in the number of appeals concerning intellectual property filed in and pending before federal appellate courts over the last decade. Only a small fraction of rulings by federal appellate courts are formally published, with unpublished opinions having no legal weight as...Read More
Christian & Barton attorney Steven W. Lippman received an Emerson G. Spies Award from the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (YLD) during the organization’s Annual Meeting Jan. 19. The award recognizes a YLD member who demonstrates outstanding enthusiasm, loyalty and dedication in performing work for the VBA the preceding year. Since 2022 Lippman has...Read More
Christian & Barton welcomes Rachel V. Rogers as an associate in the Health Care and Business Law practice groups. She assists clients with a variety of general health care matters, including state and federal regulatory compliance, managed care agreements, telehealth, reimbursement issues, Medicare and Medicaid concerns, breach of health records requirements, and general corporate matters....Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the provisions of the Lanham Act prohibiting trademark infringement and unfair competition are not extraterritorial and extend only to claims where the claimed infringing “use in commerce” occurs in the United States. The decision, Abitron Austria GmbH, et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc., is a major setback for...Read More
