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Lawyer shown in dark video replies to charges in blog
He sold investors on an eco-tourism project that would create jobs for struggling South Africans, raise capital for investors and protect African wildlife, but... A VIDEO SHOWS A DARKER SIDE BRIAN...
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Indicted lawyer Brian Dinning arrested in Canada
By Mary Flachsenhaar Brian R. Dinning, a tax attorney who once lived in Suffolk, last Monday was arrested without incident in the Toronto area, according to the Norfolk Division of the FBI. His...
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Dinning now faces bank fraud charges
BY MARY FLACHSENHAARmary.flachsenhaar@insidebiz.comNew bank fraud charges were filed Sept. 19 against tax attorney Brian Ray Dinning, a Pennsylvania native and former Suffolk resident, by a federal...
View ArticleA question of property rights or development restriction
By Lydia Wheelerlydia.wheeler@insidebiz.comNext month, Virginia voters will be asked whether to give property owners more power against eminent domain.Eminent domain is the power of the local, state or...
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Gay rights bill to be introduced in General Assembly
By Lydia Wheelerlydia.wheeler@insidebiz.comEquality Virginia and ProgressVA have joined forces to back a Senate bill protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender state employees from...
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Jury awards Norva Plastics $3.75 million
Joe Waldo, attorney for the Norfolk Plastics owner By Lydia Wheelerlydia.wheeler@insidebiz.comNorva Plastics Inc. will get about $1.5 million more than the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority...
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Judge recuses himself in Brian Dinning case
By Mary FlachsenhaarAfter a four-hour bond hearing Thursday in Norfolk’s federal court that included testimony from several witnesses, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Davis recused himself from the case...
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New judge appointed in Dinning case
By Mary Flachsenhaarmary.flachsenhaar@insidebiz.comAfter a four-hour bond hearing Jan. 10 in Norfolk's federal court that included testimony from several witnesses, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Davis...
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Beach firm must pay almost $80K in 401(k) suit
By Bill Cresenzobill.cresenzo@insidebiz.comA Virginia Beach company has been ordered to pay almost $80,000 back into its 401(k) plan because its owner didn't put his employees' money in it.The U.S....
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Judge to rule in Central Radio sign case
In August Central Radio officials shrouded their banner to avoid having to pay penalties imposed by the city. By Lydia Wheelerlydia.wheeler@insidebiz.comLast Tuesday, attorneys for both Central Radio...
View ArticleState antidiscrimination bill dies in subcommittee
By Lydia Wheelerlydia.wheeler@insidebiz.comThe Senate bill protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender state employees from discrimination was killed in subcommittee earlier this month.In...
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Judge rules against Central Radio
The city of Norfolk did not infringe on Central Radio's free speech, ruled a federal judge Wednesday.The civil action suit came after Central Radio owners Robert Wilson and Kelly Dickinson received a...
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New laws start this month
By Jared Counciljared.council@insidebiz.comTort reform and higher taxes are part of the slate of new laws affecting businesses that took effect July 1.The sales tax in the commonwealth is increasing...
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Clinic will tackle legal issues that come with sea level rise
Shana Jones is executive director of the Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic. The Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic, which researches laws and policies related to environmental changes, is in full swing after...
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Property owner wins court ruling
By Lydia Wheelerlydia.wheeler@insidebiz.comA state Supreme Court ruling handed down Sept. 12 marked a win for property owners across the commonwealth and ended a 3-1/2-year battle between neighboring...
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THE BRIAN RAY DINNING CASE Victims paint picture of a 'crook in a suit'
From his home in Chesapeake, Mario Blanco last week recalled how Brian Dinning once held a photo of Blanco's young daughter and shed what seemed to be real tears. In 2007, at age 8, Raven Maria Blanco...
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Former lawyer Brian Dinning sentenced for investment scheme in South Africa
Brian Ray Dinning, who once lived in Suffolk, was sentenced to 12½ in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on Wednesday for what federal prosecutors called a “long-term Ponzi scheme” through which he...
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Dinning to serve 12.5 years for Ponzi scheme
Brian Ray Dinning Brian Ray Dinning, a former Suffolk tax attorney, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on Wednesday to 12 years and six months in prison for what federal prosecutors called...
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Steps employers should take when domestic violence is suspected
By Bill Cresenzobill.cresenzo@insidebiz.comTwo months after Deborah Wigg's death (See Page 1), another woman, Kathryn Laine, was stabbed to death by her husband, Stephen, in their home. He then killed...
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - The signs were there all along...
The signs were there all along, and they were not subtle."She told me 'He is going to come to the house in the middle of the night and he's going to shoot me,'" said Marty Ridout about his co-worker...
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