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Virginia’s 2026 Noncompete Rules: What Leaving a Job Means for You
As of July 1, 2026, Virginia’s SB 170 can make a noncompete unenforceable after a without-cause firing if disclosed severance was not paid—and SB 128 largely bans new noncompetes for covered health care professionals. Here’s what to check before you turn down the next job.
The VHRA's Two-Year Window and Five-Employee Threshold
Effective July 1, 2026, SB 637 extends the Virginia Human Rights Act complaint deadline from 300 days to two years and lowers the covered-employer threshold from 15 employees to five. Here is what that means for harassment and discrimination claims — and the federal deadline trap you still cannot ignore.
Virginia's Strengthened Wage Theft Protections Go into Effect
Virginia's 2026 wage-law overhaul connects minimum wage, overtime, and misclassification claims to stronger civil remedies and creates new accountability rules for qualifying construction projects.
The End of "What Were You Making Before?": Virginia's Pay Transparency Law Is Live
As of July 1, 2026, Virginia employers may not ask about your salary history, may not use it to set your pay, and must publish a good-faith salary range on every job posting. Violations carry a private right of action and state civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation — and the same facts often support equal-pay and discrimination claims with far larger recoveries. Here's how the law works, including the 15-day notice step you must take before suing over a posting.
A Federal Judge Just Ruled Your Chatbot Conversations Aren't Privileged. Here's What That Means.
In United States v. Heppner, a federal judge held that a defendant's conversations with a consumer AI chatbot were protected by neither attorney-client privilege nor the work-product doctrine. A Texas court reached a friendlier result months later — and the split is exactly the problem. What you type into a chatbot about your legal dispute may be read by the other side.
Introducing Wigmore 2.0: AI Case Intelligence, Built on the Science of Proof
Cloud Counsel's biggest update yet is here. Wigmore 2.0 brings proactive case suggestions, one-click Full AI Case Analysis with a seven-pillar Case Strength Indicator, and an interactive evidence map inspired by the work of Professor John Henry Wigmore.