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The court may enjoin and permanently restrain such person, his agents, representatives and principals from soliciting any such claims against any person, firm or corporation subsequent to the date of the injunction.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1375789,"text":"The attorney for the Commonwealth, or any person, firm or corporation against whom any cause of action is or has been asserted, may maintain a suit for an injunction against any attorney who has induced another to solicit or encourage his employment, or against any person, firm, partnership or corporation which has acted for another in the capacity of a runner or capper, or against any person engaged by an attorney to solicit employment for the attorney, whether or not the solicitation was successful. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 707 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368967,"identifier":"54.1-3943","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/7\/54.1-3943","url":"\/54.1-3943\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3943\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/7\/54.1-3943","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injunction against running, capping and soliciting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3943","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The attorney for the Commonwealth, or any person, firm or corporation against whom any <span class=\"dictionary\">cause of action<\/span> is or has been asserted, may maintain a suit for an <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span> against any attorney who has induced another to solicit or encourage his employment, or against any person, firm, partnership or corporation which has acted for another in the capacity of a <span class=\"dictionary\">runner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">capper<\/span>, or against any person engaged by an attorney to solicit employment for the attorney, whether or not the solicitation was successful. The <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may enjoin and permanently restrain such person, his <span class=\"dictionary\">agents<\/span>, representatives and principals from soliciting any such claims against any person, firm or corporation subsequent to the date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINJUNCTION AGAINST RUNNING, CAPPING AND SOLICITING (\u00a7 54.1-3943)\n\nThe attorney for the Commonwealth, or any person, firm or corporation against\nwhom any cause of action is or has been asserted, may maintain a suit for an\ninjunction against any attorney who has induced another to solicit or encourage\nhis employment, or against any person, firm, partnership or corporation which\nhas acted for another in the capacity of a runner or capper, or against any\nperson engaged by an attorney to solicit employment for the attorney, whether or\nnot the solicitation was successful. The court may enjoin and permanently\nrestrain such person, his agents, representatives and principals from soliciting\nany such claims against any person, firm or corporation subsequent to the date\nof the injunction.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 707, \u00a7 54-83.1; 1988, c. 765.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}