An age-discrimination case based on a demand for “21st Century skills” is set for trial in Richmond federal court this month. The case turns on what a school superintendent meant when he justified replacing the school system’s 60-year-old chief public ...

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In this case from Richmond U.S. District Court, a school system is not entitled to summary judgment in this age discrimination suit filed by its former director of community relations, who alleges she was forced into early retirement to make ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to plaintiff financial services company against a defendant who admits defaulting on multiple equipment leases, for a balance due of over $1.4 million. Plaintiff company alleges defendant has not made monthly payments ...

Tagged with: Creditor's Rights Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

When Dennis W. Dohnal was dispatched from Alexandria, where he had interviewed for his first legal job as an assistant U.S. attorney, to Richmond, the first bit of advice he received was, “Don’t be afraid of Merhige.” Dohnal, who had ...

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There’s a lot more huffing and bluffing from both lawyers and judges about sanctions than serious efforts to follow through with penalties, according to a panel of judges at the Richmond Bench-Bar Conference. Richmond Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals and ...

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Former telemarketers who solicited applications for consolidation of government-backed student loans have not stated claims under the False Claims Act based on defendants’ alleged preferred lender agreements, exit counseling program and bonus payments to employees, according to a Richmond U.S. ...

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A 60-year-old former public information director suing a school board after it promoted her younger male assistant to her job wins her motion to compel production of certain e-mails, personnel files and performance reviews, and material related to the RIF ...

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Although claimant’s continued receipt of her son’s SSI checks after she no longer cared for him “reflected poorly” on claimant’s integrity, the administrative law judge’s credibility determination was not the only reason for denial of social security benefits, and in ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court declines to transfer venue to the Eastern District of Louisiana of an insurance company’s declaratory judgment action denying coverage to a developer on a resident’s claim for damages arising from the use of Chinese drywall ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A school superintendent is dismissed as a defendant from an age discrimination suit filed by the school system’s former Director of Community Relations, a 60-year-old woman who alleges she was forced into early retirement and replaced by her 37-year-old male ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District