Virginia Business - December 2002

COVER STORY
The Legal Elite — introduction
Big problems in other sectors make lawyers more needed than ever.

The Legal Elite — list
The list of the state's top attorneys

TECHNOLOGY IN VIRGINIA
Center for innovative controversy
The original plan was for the Center for Innovative Technology to nurture tech startups. Instead, it has nurtured infighting.

The really big chips
Virginia hopes jumbo chips may someday boost its sagging semiconductor industry.

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE
Turmoil after terror
How last year's attacks have scrambled an industry

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
The curse of the Big Box
Suburbanites like big retail stores. But what happens after they shut down?

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
Commercial Real Estate
How long will the slump last?

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner

Minding Your Business
- Nurse Diane
- Corporate gumshoes
- Bootleg busters
- Helping the medicine go down
- Not so great expectations (chart)

For the Record

Virginia Weekend
Monitor's prized turret finds a home