The Local Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Court of the Virgin Islands require that litigants exclude or redact "personal data identifiers from all documents filed with the Court, including exhibits[.]" LRCi 5.4(l)(1). The list of personal data identifiers to be redacted includes "financial account numbers." LRCi 5.4(l)(1)(D). The Rule is silent on whether redaction is necessary for information that has already been made public.Continue Reading Does Redacting Public Documents Make Sense?
December 2010
The Short, Happy Life of the 21-Day Period for Responding to Motions for Summary Judgment
By A. Jennings Stone on
Posted in Litigation
On December 1, 2010, the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. One recipient of the Advisory Committee’s ministrations was Rule 56, which received its most thorough overhaul since the rule was first drafted in 1938.Continue Reading The Short, Happy Life of the 21-Day Period for Responding to Motions for Summary Judgment
Virgin Islands Family Code Leaves Room For Improvement
By Laura C. Nagi on
Posted in Family Law & Children's Issues
As a family law practitioner in the Territory, I have found all too often that when looking to the Virgin Islands Code for specific guidelines, procedures and criteria to assist in proceeding in various domestic matters, that our local family code of laws leaves much room for improvement.Continue Reading Virgin Islands Family Code Leaves Room For Improvement
Virgin Islands 90 Day Gross Receipt Amnesty
By Daniel J. Gravel on
Posted in Tax & Estate Planning
The Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue (“BIR”) recently announced a 90 day gross receipts tax amnesty, which will expire on January 25, 2011. The amnesty was signed into law in October and allows businesses to file delinquent gross receipts tax returns with the BIR and pay any outstanding balances due without having to pay penalties and interest.Continue Reading Virgin Islands 90 Day Gross Receipt Amnesty