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Employment: DEA prevails on woman’s workplace claims
Where a woman asserted claims for racial and gender discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment against her federal government employer, but each of her claims failed as a matter of law, her suit was dismissed.
Employment: Notice authorized in FLSA delivery driver overtime suit
Where two delivery drivers made the “modest factual showing” that they were misclassified as independent contractors, the court authorized notice to an identified class of similarly situated persons.
Employment: Corporate parent dodges suit by subsidiary’s employees
Although the plaintiffs previously obtained a judgment against their employer for failing to give proper notice of the plant’s closing and for failure to validly eliminate a severance plan, their suit seeking to have the judgment imposed against the parent company was dismissed. Because the parent was never found liable for the violations, this court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction ove[...]
Administrative: Settlement reduces VCU’s obligation to injured employee
Where the injured employee obtained a settlement from a third-party tortfeasor that exceeded the amount of the compensation lien, the employer was obligated to pay the employee only for reimbursement for recovery costs (i.e., attorney’s fees and costs for procuring the third-party recovery), rather than continuing disability payments.
Employment: Former government employee’s suit is dismissed
Where a former federal employee asserted claims of discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation, but she failed to plead facts making these claims plausible, her complaint was dismissed.
Employment: Class certified in barbershop overtime suit
Where a barber shop employee suing for unpaid overtime moved for conditional collective certification, his motion was granted. There was a single business, managed at two locations by the same managers and employees were subject to largely the same compensation structures and work hours.
Employment: Former Walmart employee alleges manager drugged him with ‘gummies’
Where a former Walmart employee alleged his manager gave him THC-containing gummies, his Bowman claim was dismissed. Because the criminal code sections he cited do not create a specific statutory right or corresponding public policy that would support applying an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine, no Bowman claim exists.
Employment: Settlement approved in hotel worker’s overtime suit
Where there was a bona fide dispute over whether two hotel workers were entitled to overtime, and the settlement was fair and reasonable in that the plaintiff received 100 percent of unpaid overtime wages and liquidated damages allowed under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s two-year limitations period, the joint motion for settlement was approved.
Court allows FCA retaliation claim to move forward
A federal judge has ruled that a former employee can sue the Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority for retaliation under the federal False Claims Act.
Employment: Former university employee’s claims are dismissed
Where a former university employee filed a negligence action based on incidents and experiences related to his prior employment, but each of his claims failed as a matter of law, his suit was dismissed.
Employment: Former director sues Danville Housing Authority for retaliation
Where a former director of the Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority alleged facts making it plausible that she was forced to resign after she investigated and reported what she believed to be evidence of a fraudulent payment, her False Claims Act retaliation claim survived the agency’s motion to dismiss.
Legislature narrows use of noncompetes
In recent years, federal and state governments have embraced a push toward restricting the use of noncompete agreements by employers, most notably with the ultimately unsuccessful 2024 Federal Trade Commission rule that attempted to ban noncompetes nationwide.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
Opinion Digests
- The Most Important Opinions, January-June 2026
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
