In the wake of plaintiffs’ successful prosecution and settlement of claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, an Alexandria U.S. District Court awards attorney’s fees and costs to settling and non-settling plaintiffs. The non-settling plaintiffs seek an award of $12,480 ...

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

In a husband and wife’s False Claims Act suit alleging retaliation for question­ing defendant ManTech International Corporation’s bidding practices in con­nection with a large government pro­curement contract, the Alexandria U.S. District Court denies summary judgment to defendant on plaintiffs’ claim ...

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

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