An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants a mother’s petition under the Hague Convention to have her four-year-old son returned to Germany where he has resided with her and her domestic partner; the court rejects the complaints of the father, a ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says a Virginia state court would recog­nize, as a matter of comity, a Ghanaian divorce decree terminating the prior marriage of plaintiff ’s Ghanaian wife and therefore recognize the validity of her marriage to plaintiff; ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this shareholder derivative suit by a 33-percent owner of a private, close­ly held timber company, challenging a compensation package for a new Chief Executive Officer who is not related by blood or marriage to either of the two families ...

Tagged with: Corporate Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Defendant accrediting body did not follow its own internal procedures for reviewing plaintiff university’s application to renew its accreditation, and the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants the university a preliminary injunction allowing it to continue operating during its efforts to ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a former franchisee’s coun­terclaim alleging KFC terminated his franchise due to race bias; the terms of the franchise allowed termination of the franchise after four failed food safety in­spections, which occurred in defendant’s restaurant. ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a would-be whistleblower’s claim that defendant government contractor intentionally overcharged the U.S. Department of State for bottled water supplied to various facilities in Iraq, and fired plaintiff in retaliation for questioning the propriety of ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this contract dispute between plaintiff software company and defendant, a prime government contractor, plaintiff’s “understanding” that the federal government had agreed to list plaintiff’s software as a contract line item in the Prime Contract is not supported by any ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this False Claims Act suit in which the Alexandria U.S. District Court awarded $24 million against Gosselin Worldwide Moving NV for a bid-rigging scheme, the court denies a motion to quash a writ of continuing non-wage garnishment against third-party ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although plaintiff franchisees seek the benefit of a 2014 Right of First Refusal Amendment to the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, they do not qualify for such benefit because Sunoco Inc.’s transfer of its interest in certain leased marketing premises ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Defendant Capital One Financial Corporation successfully defended plaintiff’s patent infringement action and is a “prevailing party,” but this is not an “exceptional case” under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and the Alexandria U.S. District Court awards costs but denies attorney’s fees; ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District