In this suit involving competing claims to the trademark “Diamonds Direct,” the Richmond U.S. District Court says plaintiff has failed to offer evidence establishing its prior use of the mark in Virginia, and defendant Capri Jewelers’ presumptive ownership of the ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who is suing defendant bank on a claim that it denied her a permanent loan modification under the Home Affordable Modification Program for which she allegedly qualified states claims for claim for breach of the duty of good ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former human resources director for Chesterfield County has settled her lawsuit alleging the county discriminated by giving her a less generous severance package than the “sweetheart deals” given to her male counterparts. The county has paid Karla Gerner $42,000, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Federal Courts Judge Henry E. Hudson Judge John A. Gibney Jr.

Although the parties’ 2008 written contract, for plaintiff to provide business development services for an internet company that wanted to move into the U.S. marketplace, identified Irish courts and the laws of Ireland as controlling any dispute, that contract expired ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who was hired through a temporary staffing agency to work as a “flagger” directing traffic at a construction site and who was dismissed when she was two months pregnant and allegedly told she could not perform the job ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff tobacco company loses its challenge to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s method for determining assessments against manufacturers and importers of tobacco products under the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004, in this decision from Richmond U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit involving competing claims to the trademark “Diamonds Direct,” the Richmond U.S. District Court grants a preliminary injunction to defendant, who registered the mark with the Virginia State Corporation Commission after learning plaintiff, who had used the mark ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court says a putative class of investors may sue a public IT company on securities fraud claims alleging company executives made misleading statements of material fact about the company’s ability to fulfill a multi-billion dollar contract ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Securities Fraud U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff Kathy P. Minor alleged defendant Bostwick Laboratories Inc. terminated her on May 12, 2008, in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3), the anti-retaliation provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act. From Dec. 24, 2007 until the date of her ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge Henry E. Hudson

The State Board of Elections wins summary judgment in a suit filed by an African-American female alleging the agency terminated her as contracts and services coordinator for calling a state fraud hotline with concerns about the award of a sole ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District