Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Two companies that simply administer an insurance policy, and a third company that was involved in issuing the policy, were dismissed from a coverage suit because, while they are affiliated with the insurer, they are not parties to the policy. ...

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

Excessive billing, vague time entries and block billing, as well as the plaintiff’s overall lack of success on his claims means that, while attorneys representing a plaintiff who successfully prevailed on his § 1988 claim will receive almost $490,000 in ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

After the magistrate judge recommended reducing the plaintiff’s attorney fee award by almost 40% because of excessive billing, vague time entries, block billing and the plaintiff’s overall lack of success on his claims, the district court further reduced the fee ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a plaintiff whose original claims were based on state law used a mechanism created by state law to aid in its enforcement of a state court judgment of less than $10,000, the defendant, who was a citizen of the ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

An individual accused of being part of a deep state conspiracy to orchestrate violence in Charlottesville after he posted a video recording showing someone driving a vehicle into a crowd of protesters had a valid defamation claim against defendants who ...

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

As the home healthcare aides were employees, not independent contractors, their employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them overtime. Moreover, because the employer was ignorant of the relevant rules, it was liable for additional liquidated damages, ...

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

Where a defendant appeared at a removal proceeding despite being served with a defective notice to appear that did not specify the time or date of the proceeding and was subsequently deported from the United States, the defendant could be ...

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

An individual who was prohibited from possessing a firearm as a result of his 30-year-old misdemeanor domestic assault conviction was not deprived of his Second Amendment rights because the concerns addressed by Congress in passing the prohibition were not alleviated ...

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

A defendant did not have a right to a trial by jury under the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt at his supervised release revocation hearing, and any sentence imposed by the court, should it find that the defendant violated ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a plaintiff sued a defendant for breaching an agreement to supply equipment based, in part, on the equipment’s failure to meet minimum quality standards and the defendant’s counterclaim for defamation was based on plaintiffs’ statements that maligned the equipment’s ...

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