Although nonsettling defendants Glenmark and Merck objected to the certification of the settlement class on the basis that the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law could prejudice them during their own class certification litigation, they could not demonstrate ...

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

Where the parties’ contact contained choice of law and venue clauses that required application of Virginia law and that the suit be brought in Richmond, neither of those conditions prevented the litigation from being removed to federal court in Richmond. ...

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

Where the employer showed its former employee breached a contract and tortuously interfered with the employer’s business expectancy, the employer prevailed on these claims. A jury will decide damages. Background This case involves claims by TechINT Solutions Group LLC against ...

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

Where CSX Transportation, which joined with other rail companies to form a terminal switching railroad that operates in the Hampton Roads area, sued the other companies for antitrust and other torts, its pleadings were sufficient to survive a motion to ...

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

Where two groups of plaintiffs in consolidated class actions against America’s leading manufacturers of interior molded doors alleged antitrust violations, the court applied statutes of limitations to narrow the suit and dismissed numerous state antitrust, consumer protection and unjust enrichment ...

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

The fraud claims of Chinese investors who each invested approximately $500,000 in a start-up car company without reading the underlying investment documents were dismissed because the investors could not have justifiably relied on stray misstatements made by the company’s founders ...

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

The fraud claims of Chinese investors who each invested approximately $500,000 in a start-up car company without reading the underlying investment documents were dismissed because the investors could not have justifiably relied on stray misstatements made by the company’s founders ...

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

Where plaintiffs entered into loan agreements with interest rates that far exceeded those allowed under Virginia’s usury laws, they were not compelled to arbitrate their claims as required under the contract because the arbitration clause’s attempt to disavow federal and ...

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

A defendant was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law on antitrust claims brought by the plaintiff where the jury has a sufficient basis from which to conclude that the defendant’s acquisition of a competitor caused a decrease ...

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

Where a debtor agreed to pay attorneys’ fees incurred in attempts to recover money owed under a loan in a contract signed prior to his filing for bankruptcy, the creditor was entitled to recover attorneys’ fees that were incurred after ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Commercial Judge Pamela A. Harris