In this FOIA action arising from an earlier patent suit brought by New Technology Patents Inc., a client of Hunton & Williams, against Research In Motion Ltd., manufacturer of BlackBerry devices, the 4th Circuit affirms the district court conclusion that ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Procedure Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III

Applying the test for a preliminary injunction as articulated in Real Truth About Obama Inc. v. EEC, 575 F.3d 342 (4th Cir. 2009), a Richmond Circuit Court grants plaintiffs a temporary injunction, with appointment of a custodian pendente lite for ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Margaret P. Spencer Richmond Circuit Court

A Loudoun County Circuit Court grants defendant contractor’s motion to compel discovery responses from plaintiff asphalt company, which has only filed general objections to the discovery requests. I agree with defendant’s argument that the general objections of plaintiff to the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James H. Chamblin Loudoun County Circuit Court

Although a petitioner convicted of two non-violent felonies in 1996 had his civil rights restored in 2009 in an order by the governor, that order covered rights to vote, hold public office, serve on a jury and be a notary ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith

A Fairfax Circuit declines to sign or certify a Statement of Facts filed too late by defendants, who seek to set aside a default judgment entered against them. Rule 5:5(a) provides that the times prescribed for filing a written statement ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Stanford Schell

A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court magistrate judge recommends applying the doctrine of fraudulent joinder to assume jurisdiction over this physician employment dispute even though plaintiff doctor named a nondiverse defendant and dismissing the nondiverse defendant who could not ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Pamela Meade Sargent U.S. District Court - Western District

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff PBM Products leave to amend to name plaintiff’s sister company, PBM Nutritionals LLC, as a plaintiff in this suit against Mead Johnson Nutrition Company. The 4th Circuit has noted there is a tension ...

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

A woman who tripped and broke her elbow in a Food Lion store gets another shot at a trial thanks to a ruling today from the Supreme Court of Virginia, which again serves notice that summary judgment is rarely appropriate ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia

An injured longshoreman who managed to keep his case out of federal court has won a $5 million verdict from a Portsmouth jury. The Virginian-Pilot reports Sherman Whitaker was hurt when he fell through a shipyard catwalk in 2002.  His ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has just made it a bit easier for inmates hoping to score with civil litigation to stay at the plate for a few more pitches. The court has loosened the 1996 “three strikes ...

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