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

The agreement between the taxpayer and a third-party to finance the payment of property taxes owed on his residential home was a consumer credit transaction and the taxpayer had standing to bring claims for violations of federal statutes where the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Commercial Judge Allyson K. Duncan

The owner of two high pressure natural gas pipelines was granted an injunction prohibiting construction of an asphalt roadway over the pipelines after establishing that without mitigation measures, the construction would cause harm to its right to safely maintain the ...

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

The “Important Opinions” that appear each week on the front page of Virginia Lawyers Weekly are those chosen by our editors as the most likely to impact law practice or a given subject area of law. Below is a listing, ...

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Although the statute allowed a special commissioner to receive a commission on each parcel of real property sold, the court exercised its discretion to award a reduced amount it found appropriate as most of the properties were sold in a ...

Tagged with: Commercial Hon. David Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A company found liable for antitrust violations will be required to divest a doorskin manufacturing facility in order to restore competition to the industry. Background Steves and JELD-WEN both sell interior molded doors that include a product called “doorskins” JELD-WEN ...

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