A suit against the Trump campaign for allegedly conspiring with Russia and Wikileaks to hack and release Democratic National Committee emails that included information about the plaintiffs was dismissed. The plaintiffs failed to plead essential facts, and some of their ...

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A defendant was not entitled to a new trial on the basis of an affidavit claiming that one of the government’s witnesses admitted that his testimony at the trial was false because the witness denied recanting the testimony, the affiant ...

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Where an individual who died four years after sustaining injuries in an attack in a Walmart parking lot failed to file a personal injury complaint within two years after the incident, the administratrix for his estate could not bring an ...

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Where a defendant acknowledged touching his co-worker’s shoulders during a dispute, and the co-worker and other witnesses testified that the contact was intended to prevent the co-worker from leaving the room, the defendant’s self-serving testimony that the contact was minimal ...

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Where an employee attached a copy of her formal discrimination complaint to a letter postmarked well after the time to file a formal complaint with the agency had expired and she could not show that the formal complaint had otherwise ...

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The court granted summary judgment to a union sued by trustees of the Postal Union Welfare Benefit Trust, finding the union’s decision to shorten trustees’ terms of service, eliminate their staggered terms and their right to select their successors, and ...

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Plaintiff’s allegations that a concrete production plant allowed spray paint to blow onto its property, causing damage to its buildings and cars, and that the plant allowed “slurry runoff” onto the property, were sufficient to state a plausible claim for ...

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A man who was fired after sending a “pro-vegan” email had his discrimination claims dismissed because he first named the defendant more than 90 days after he received his right-to-sue letter from the EEOC and his amended pleading did not ...

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Five abortion providers challenging Virginia’s regulatory framework as overly burdensome may proceed with their claims. Background This is an action filed by five Virginia healthcare providers’ who offer abortion care or services seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from what they ...

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The administratrix of an inmate’s estate waited too long to sue jail authorities and failed to plead facts sufficient to support a gross negligence claim Background This action stems from the death of Thomas Cubbage on May 29, 2016, while ...

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