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A postal worker could not sue for disability discrimination based on the revocation of the limited-duty assignment following a workplace accident because she failed to meet with an Equal Employment Office counselor within 45 days after receiving notice of the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

A retailer who sold genuine certified organic mattresses could bring a Lanham Act claim against a competitor who falsely advertised on its website that its mattresses were certified under the Global Organic Textile Standard even though the retailer did not ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Because there were disputed issues of material fact on multiple claims, including one for violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), a jury will decide if a former employee misappropriated trade secrets or misused confidential information and used them ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

A witness who has a “direct financial interest” in the outcome of the case has a “clear bias” that precludes him from testifying as an expert witness. Background David Steffens, along with Williams Ellis, founded Keystone Transportation Solutions LLC, and ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

The plaintiff defeated a motion to strike by convincing the court that any defects in his initial expert disclosure were cured by providing a supplemental report that detailed the information one expert relied upon in reaching his conclusions, withdrawing two ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Frederick P. Stamp U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a police officer was charged with soliciting and accepting sexual favors from confidential informants, the government was allowed to introduce the testimony of a woman who had allegedly been sexually assaulted and threatened by the defendant following her arrest ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

A former client who alleged her attorney failed to make certain arguments, present certain evidence and negotiate certain terms in her divorce settlement had the majority of her malpractice claims, and all of her other tort claims, dismissed by the ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A creditor who shipped almost $575,000 worth of goods to a toy store now in bankruptcy will not be allowed to file a priority claim past the deadline set by the bankruptcy court because it had the information necessary to ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who came to the country on a visitor visa, and who then twice married U.S. citizens (during which marriages she gave birth to children fathered by another man) failed to show that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Former IT employees who allege the defendants engaged in age discrimination can pursue their claims as a collective action because they held similar titles, are located in the same location and allege similar conduct. Although the defendants argued the differences ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District