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A reasonable jury could conclude from testimony of the parties’ experts in this patent infringement suit against Twitter Inc., that the method for creating an “interactive virtual community of famous people” claimed by plaintiff’s ‘309 patent was not an interactive ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The guardians of a couple seriously injured in a vehicular accident with a Long and Foster real estate salesman cannot recover from the real estate company on a theory that the couple are third-party beneficiaries of contracts that required the ...

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

A brother and sister who were co-trustees and held interests in a real estate development partnership set up by their father have been unable for years to agree on trust matters, causing the trust to incur additional expenses because of ...

Tagged with: Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy Supreme Court of Virginia

A company that wanted to provide janitorial services to a public school system may sue the school board under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, Va. Code § 2.2-4300, in a complaint challenging the board’s application of a “best value” approach ...

Tagged with: Contract Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Supreme Court of Virginia

Editor’s note: Due to a revision to the original Supreme Court opinion, the first sentence of the digest has been changed to insert the word “allegedly” after the word “after” (“after allegedly discovering”) and to substitute the word “operational” for ...

Tagged with: Corporate Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Supreme Court of Virginia

A sub-subcontractor who has not been paid for asbestos abatement during demolition of a facility owned by a Portsmouth housing authority cannot sue the developer on the project as a third-party beneficiary of the developer’s contract with the authority, and ...

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

In this suit by plaintiff investors in a wood products business against their business manager’s alleged kickback scheme using inflated invoices for equipment, the Abingdon U.S. District Court concludes after a bench trial that defendants violated RICO and Virginia’s business ...

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

A doctor who had a consulting agreement with defendant for assistance in starting a medical practice, and who discussed secretly negotiating purchase of the practice that had terminated him, cannot sue the consultant or other parties who ultimately purchased the ...

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

After plaintiff DuPont won an historic $919.9 million verdict, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants DuPont’s motion for leave to register the judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963. The judgment in this case is not yet final by appeal ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After plaintiff DuPont won an historic $919.9 million verdict, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies Kolon’s motion to stay execution of final judgment under Fed. Rule Civ. Pro. 62. Rule 62(d) provides that if an appeal is taken, the appellant ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District