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

A 59-year-old male Special Agent in defendant CIA Director’s Protective Service, who is a Southern Baptist of Filipino/Portuguese descent and identifies as Asian Pacific Islander, has failed to state prima facie claims of Title VII race, gender or national origin ...

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

Plaintiff, an American citizen who has not been convicted of, charged with or alleged to have committed a criminal offense related to terrorism or otherwise, wins summary judgment in Alexandria U.S. District Court on his Fifth Amendment due process claim ...

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

In this suit alleging defendant Equifax did not timely notify certain consumers whose information was requested by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for defendant; Equifax had in place a policy and ...

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

An insurance carrier has a duty to defend a construction company in a suit alleging the company damaged one-half of a duplex residence when it performed renovation for its clients, who owned the other half of the duplex; the Alexandria ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s claim that her Saudi employer held her in “involuntary servitude” in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act; although her living situation and the “house rules” may have been harsh and unfair, and ...

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

DuPont accused Kolon, a South Korean company, of stealing trade secrets related to Kevlar. The case proceeded to trial in July 2011, and on Sept. 14, 2011, after a seven-week trial, a U.S. District Court jury in Richmond rendered a ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Intellectual Property Judge Anthony J. Trenga Million-Dollar Settlements

An Alexandria U.S. District Court adopts a magistrate judge’s recommendation and enters default judgment of $749,351 under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and for breach of contract, to plaintiff, a Filipina domestic worker hired by defendants through Qatar and ...

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

A real estate company that brokered a lease for the National Science Foundation to move into property in Alexandria will get another chance to land its commission for the sale. A federal judge had ruled that Jones Lang LaSalle Americas ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Allyson K. Duncan Judge Anthony J. Trenga Real Estate