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Although the arbitration clause in a buyer’s purchase contract for a 2009 Ford Flex does not impose identical obligations on the buyer and the car dealer, in terms of the carve-out allowing each party to take a case to court, ...

Tagged with: Contract Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows Virginia Circuit Courts

In this action by a substitute trustee to collect the balance on debts owed by defendants on 12 loans in the wake of foreclosures by the substitute trustee, the Norfolk Circuit Court says defendants have stated counterclaims for actual and ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mary Jane Hall Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A relator’s False Claims Act suit al­leging defendant Unisys hired employ­ees who were unqualified to work on contracts to provide the U.S. Army with world-wide radio-frequency identification network services (RFID) in Europe and Africa under Task Order 122, an Alexan­dria ...

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

A medical practice providing laboratory di­agnostic services did not waive its right to sue defendant Anthem Health Plans for breach of contract for defendant’s implementation of a Phased-in Rates Amendment to the practice’s contract as part of a preferred-provider net­work, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Michelle J. Atkins Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Defendant accrediting body did not follow its own internal procedures for reviewing plaintiff university’s application to renew its accreditation, and the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants the university a preliminary injunction allowing it to continue operating during its efforts to ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies Hair Club for Men a preliminary injunction to prevent defendants from engaging in any hair replacement business in any capacity within a 20-miles radius of plaintiff’s Tysons Corner Hair Club Center, or otherwise soliciting ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court takes un­der advisement plaintiff lender’s motion for default judgment against defendants including guarantors of a loan to a com­mercial cleaning business, in light of out­standing factual questions such as wheth­er a written demand was made ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants enforcement of three arbitration awards from the International Commercial Ar­bitration Court at the Chamber of Com­merce and Industry of the Russian Fed­eration in a dispute that arose during construction of two natural gas power ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this dispute between a government con­tractor and companies that were pursuing subcontracts under a Teaming Agreement with the prime contractor, the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a $1.25 million judgment against the prime contractor for breach of a non-disclosure ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia

A patient who signed a contract for services as he was seeking treatment for symptoms of another major heart at­tack did not enter into a valid contract with the hospital, which may not “bal­ance bill” the patient for $83,860, or ...

Tagged with: Contract Henry County Circuit Court Judge David V. Williams Virginia Circuit Courts