Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

In this litigation involving trade secrets and conspiracy allegations, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says the “common interest” rule does not protect an e-mail exchange that was not a communication to or from an attorney, and the communication about the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After a bench trial of a broker’s third-party complaint for indemnity and contribution against defendant Daily Express Inc., whose drivers transported two tube bundles from Pennsylvania to Maryland for plaintiff Dominion Resource Services Inc., who won damages from broker 5K ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Applying a 1905 Virginia case, an Alexandria U.S. District Court refuses to enforce a restrictive covenant as part of a Purchase Sale Agreement that prohibited a service station owner from selling certain non-BP branded products or offering certain automotive services. ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Hiring Hispanic housekeepers for seven of eight jobs at a Best Western hotel that was undergoing a $5 million makeover by new ownership did not violate Title VII, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says as it dismisses the EEOC’s complaint. ...

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

Hiring Hispanic housekeepers for seven of eight jobs at a Best Western hotel that was undergoing a $5 million makeover by new ownership did not violate Title VII, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says as it dismisses the EEOC’s complaint. ...

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

An environmental group challenging issuance of a permit granted to Tri-City Properties LLC by the Virginia State Water Control Board did not have to prove that at least one of its members participated in the public comment process in order ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Robert P. Frank Virginia Court of Appeals

A plaintiff has failed to prove he owned more than a 50-percent interest in a rental property damaged by fire, and a Roanoke City Circuit Court says he may only recover $31,326.60, less his $1,000 deductible. The insurer initially denied ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this litigation over the ‘284 patent for a carpal tunnel release instrument, a Charlottesville U.S. District Court denies a preliminary injunction to plaintiff MicroAire Surgical Instruments, as it has not established the likelihood of its success on the merits, ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District