Although plaintiffs contend their signatures on a brokerage account ap­plication were forged, their reliance on and receipt of benefits from their con­tract for the account estops them from repudiating the contract’s arbitration clause, which is enforceable despite vio­lation of FINRA ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who alleges he had an agreement with defendants to invest in a business offering pedal-powered tours of bars in cities and towns has failed to state fraud or breach of contract claims against defendant business partners; although plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this dispute involving a New Home Warranty, a Norfolk Circuit Court says defendant received adequate notice of plaintiff homeowners’ claims of defects, but sets aside the jury’s award of $15,000 to homeowners, who proved, at most, $3,900 in damages. ...

Tagged with: Contract Hon. David Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court

Subcontractors on a 1997 contract for a health and fitness center at Virginia Tech cannot be sued by the prime contractor in 2014 after the prime contractor set­tled Virginia Tech’s claims for defective workmanship; the subcontracts did not waive the ...

Tagged with: Contract Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Supreme Court of Virginia

A consultant who sued for a fee for his services to defendant developer in procuring Historic Tax Credit investors for potential renovation of the former Battery Maritime Building in New York City has plausibly alleged he is owed a fee ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

A company that offered physical and occupational therapy services to skilled nursing facilities may sue a competitor for breach of a Nondisclosure Agreement the parties signed during negotiations for de­fendant to buy plaintiff, by alleged solici­tation of plaintiff’s staff; however, ...

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

A financial services company can­not overturn an arbitration award of $900,000 in compensatory damages to its former employee on the ground that it should have been granted more time to name its preferred arbitrators, after it missed the deadline when ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies a preliminary injunction to plaintiff credit union, who alleges de­fendants have conspired to establish a new business to compete with the credit union’s previously acquired divi­sion to promote government loans, pur­chased from several of ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although defendant FedEx allegedly described its contractual relationship with plaintiff to cover a certain deliv­ery leg in Virginia Beach as being that of a “business partner,” an “indepen­dent contractor” and said that plaintiff would be required to plan its delivery ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Ivan D. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

On its third look at civil and criminal charges in this complex matter that began more than 15 years ago as a bid-rigging scheme conjured up by shipping busi­nesses to defraud the U.S. on contracts for moving military personnel around ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Contract Judge Robert B. King