Where one government contractor alleged a competitor misappropriated trade secrets in order to create a copycat website, but there was no evidence that the defendant government contractor directly shared trade secrets or acquired trade secrets through improper means, the defendants ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a transgender detainee alleged a nurse practitioner was liable for the cessation of her hormone injections while she was incarcerated at the Fairfax County adult detention center, her claim was dismissed because there were no allegations showing the nurse’s ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Fairfax County sheriff issued a policy that incarcerated persons at a detention center are classified and housed according to his/her genitalia, the gross negligence claim of a transgender woman who maintains male genitalia was dismissed because the sheriff’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a homeowner argued the mortgage noteholder lacked standing to initiate foreclosure proceedings because of irregularities in the process by which it was assigned the mortgage, and that claim depended entirely on the interpretation of federal law and federal regulations, ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The project manager’s Miller Act claim failed because any minor physical work he performed was incidental to his contractual duty to supervise, which is a clerical function that falls outside the Miller Act. Background Plaintiff worked as a project manager ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Russian-based operator of two websites that provide “stream ripping” of commercial sound recordings had US -based lawyers, more than 1.5 million web visitors from Virginia, collected visitors’ personal information and Virginia had a strong interest in not becoming ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a photographer argued he had standing to challenge the Virginia Values Act because he cannot publish his beliefs about same-sex unions on his website or in his editorial policy without risking a civil fine, this argument was rejected because ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the petitioner’s former attorney made materially false representations on an employment certification submitted as part of an immigration application in 2001, it was immaterial that the petitioner signed the form without verifying its contents. He certified the information was ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A man injured when his surgeon entered the incorrect order into an Electronic Health Records, or EHR, system failed in his attempt to hold the manufacturer liable for negligent design. The EHR system complied with the only “prevailing safety standard” ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Bureau of Indian Affairs had no authority to hire or fire employees of a government contractor; had no supervisory authority; was not responsible for the plaintiff’s salary, insurance and taxes and was not in an employment relationship with ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District