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Employment – Company prevails on former employee’s myriad claims
Where a woman failed to plausibly allege facts sufficient to support her claims for discrimination, retaliation or a hostile work environment, her former employer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings […]
‘Aggressive’ employee’s firing not discriminatory
The Eastern District of Virginia has dismissed a man’s race or gender discrimination claims where his supervisor said he was “very aggressive, very loud, very strong,” during his termination meeting.
Federal court denies summary judgment in Title VII case
A federal court denied a Virginia school board’s motion for summary judgment in a Title VII case alleging gender-based discrimination in pay. The case, Barnett v. Roanoke County School Board, […]
Legal Tech
- AI in practice: How new technology is affecting litigation practice
- Experts foresee legal malpractice risk for those who eschew AI
- Legal Decoder launches AI-powered billing analytics interface
Verdicts & Settlements
- Negligence and Tort – E-bike collision leads to neck injury, psoriasis flare
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – ‘Daydreaming’ driver hit plaintiff walking by road
- Motor Vehicle Negligence 92-year-old dies after being hit by vehicle
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Motorcyclist suffers severe injuries in vehicle accident
- Medical Malpractice – Patient dies after alleged improper medicine admin
Opinion Digests
- Civil Procedure – Circuit court lost jurisdiction 21 days after final order
- Municipal – City has sovereign immunity against commercial owner’s claims
- Criminal – Speedy trial violation results in conviction being reversed
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of assault and battery of a law enforcement officer
- Landlord and tenant – 2019 amendment to Virginia Code didn’t apply retroactively
- Criminal – Defendant attempts to burn house using fireworks
- Criminal – Man convicted of abducting girlfriend
