In the prosecution of a defendant captured after an armed attack on an Afghan Border Police compound in Afghanistan, the Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion to suppress statements made during interviews with FBI agents. The central dispute before ...

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A defendant who fought with the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network who was captured after an armed attack on an Afghan border police compound in Afghanistan can be prosecuted in the U.S. on criminal charges; a Richmond U.S. District Court rejects defendant’s ...

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Although plaintiff service member failed to include a Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act claim against Wells Fargo Bank, which foreclosed upon his home, in his bankruptcy schedule, plaintiff is not judicially estopped from pursuing the claim, a Richmond U.S. District Court ...

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A debtor who included her student loans in her chapter 13 reorganization plan approved by the bankruptcy court, but whose trustee failed to notify her that the loan servicer stopped accepting payments under the plan, now must show “undue hardship” ...

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A debtor thought she got a break on her student loans when a bankruptcy court approved her Chapter 13 payoff plan, but a Richmond federal court vacated that decision and said the loan guarantor could come after the debtor. Jenny ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court has long-arm jurisdiction over an Italian company hired to design and supply a rack system for curing meat at a Chesterfield County facility, and sued by the facility’s insurance carrier as subrogee after the rack ...

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A trial counsel’s alleged faulty prediction as to the sentence petitioner was likely to receive if convicted on RICO charges arising from his participation in the Outlaws Motorcycle Club does not support his motion to vacate his sentence after he ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant insurance carrier’s motion to realign a defendant infant suing for injuries from lead-based paint as a plaintiff in the landlord’s declaratory judgment action against the insurance company from whom both the landlord and ...

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A mortgage borrower has sufficiently stated a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, based on allegations relating to disputed information about her payments to qualify for a loan modification program; however, the Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s RESPA ...

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Reggae music pioneer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert has lost his bid to secure homeowners insurance coverage for the man who injured him with a flying vodka bottle last year. A decision by a federal judge relieves the homeowners insurance company from ...

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