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Where the former employee’s solicitation of a brokerage’s clients violated a non-solicitation provision in his contract and could result in the brokerage losing future business from the diverted clients as well as referrals, he was enjoined from soliciting the clients. ...

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

Although the plaintiff alleged he was terminated after he was involved in a car accident, while non-Spanish employees were not terminated following accidents, he failed to allege facts showing the comparators were at fault for their accidents or that they ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a compressor manufacturer warned its employees on July 31 that their employment was expected to end by Aug. 31, but four employees were able to work until Oct. 19, they were not entitled to damages under the Worker Adjustment ...

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

The Fairfax County executive properly determined that firefighter captains are not entitled to invoke grievance procedures to challenge changes to county policies governing promotions and filling vacancies in the Fire and Rescue Department. Overview In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Tagged with: Employment Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Bruce D. White Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a former deputy commonwealth’s attorney brought a claim under the 14th  Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause claiming she was fired in retaliation for reporting alleged sex discrimination, her claim was dismissed because the Equal Protection Clause cannot sustain a pure ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Allison Jones Rushing

Allegations that a 401(k) plan sponsor and management committee ignored an imprudent single-stock fund for several years was sufficient to support claims for breaches of the fiduciary duties of prudence and diversification imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

Where a man who applied to be head varsity softball coach was told he didn’t get the position because the school preferred female employees, that was direct evidence of discrimination. Although the school board claimed there were other reasons he ...

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

A declaratory judgment action over whether a former employee was owed commissions was dismissed because the dispute had already ripened into a claim for breach of contract after the company terminated him and refused to pay him  commissions. As such, ...

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

Where a nurse failed to allege facts showing the UVA Medical Center treated her differently than similarly situated employees after she lodged sexual harassment complaints against two co-workers, her retaliation claim was dismissed. Background In her amended complaint, Tina McCoy ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a company promised to pay its general counsel a $100,000 signing bonus and a $1.2 million annual salary but failed to pay him for three years, a default judgment was entered against the company. And because its owner made ...

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