Fees Awarded in Home Sale Contract 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 1, 2012
Tags: Judge John F. Anderson, Real Estate, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A lawyer and her husband who owe $76,225 in damages for failing to close on a home purchase also must pay attorney’s fees and costs of $21,466, says an Alexandria U.S. District Court magistrate judge. The court finds the $350 hourly rate charged by plaintiff’s attorney is commensurate with the rates customarily charged for like [...]
Seller Wins Against Defaulting Buyer
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 22, 2012
Tags: Judge John F. Anderson, Real Estate, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A lawyer and her husband who breached a contract to buy a house in Alexandria, when they decided to move to Texas so wife could accept an in-house counsel position, are liable for damages for the difference in their contract price and the house’s ultimate sale price, seller’s brokerage fees and commission and utility and [...]
Court Finds Contempt, Orders Default & Fees
By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 28, 2011
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge John F. Anderson, Judge Leonie Brinkema, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An Alexandria U.S. District Court pulls the plug on defense of a fraud and breach of contract case filed a subcontractor against a government contractor, and finds defendant contractor in contempt of court for its bad faith and repeated violations of the court’s discovery orders and injunction against withdrawal of funds; the court accepts a [...]
Intellectual Property – Markman Hearing – Credit Accounts Program
By Deborah Elkins
Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: Intellectual Property, Judge John F. Anderson, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In Walker Digital LLC’s patent infringement suit against Capital One Services LLC, an Alexandria U.S. District Court issues its decision construing certain terms after the court’s hearing in accordance with Markman v. Westview Instruments Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996). The Walker patents are titled “Method, Apparatus and Program for Customizing Credit Accounts.” The court finds [...]
Labor – FLSA – Overtime Pay – Default
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: Judge John F. Anderson, Labor, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An Alexandria U.S. District Court magistrate judge refuses to set aside a default judgment against defendant employer in this suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, but the court will give defendants a chance to respond to the amount of damages claimed by plaintiff pool technician assistant. The court finds defendants have [...]
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