The Richmond U.S. District Court denies mortgage lender’s motion to dismiss broker’s counterclaim seeking damages and attorney’s fees for breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing; broker sufficiently pleads an agreement, breach and injury based on ...

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A North Carolina company that says it has been selling diamonds to Virginia consumers for 16 years under the “Diamonds Direct” mark, with some 700 customers in Virginia, has stated claims for service mark infringement, unfair competition and false advertising ...

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Former Richmond lawyer Bradley D. Wein has been handed a 45-month prison sentence based on phony letters he created to legitimize his use of a client’s money. Wein was hired by an elderly woman in 2005 to handle legal and ...

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In plaintiff’s suit to unwind the foreclosure sale of his home, the Richmond U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to remand to state court his suit alleging breach of contract, fraud, trespass, premature purported foreclosure and invalid purported trustee’s deed ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Real Estate 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 has stated claims under the federal and state Equal Credit Opportunity ...

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Guarantors on a business loan must pay plaintiff bank $331,949, as the Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the lender. Under Virginia law, a guaranty is an independent contract in which the guarantor agrees to assume responsibility for ...

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

Plaintiff telecommunications company can sue for trespass, including a claim for punitive damages, based on allegations that defendant excavation company severed plaintiff’s fiber optic cable, after plaintiff marked it under Virginia’s “Miss Utility” program, causing damages to plaintiff; the Richmond ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court grants the government’s motion to strike petitions filed by non-defendant third parties to challenge numerous forfeiture orders in the criminal prosecution of 27 members and affiliates of the American Outlaws Association and Outlaws Motorcycle Club ...

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Richmond U.S. District Court denies judgment of acquittal to a former lawyer convicted of submitting false documents to support his defense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2) and 2(b). The documents that support the charge were two letters written ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant Volvo’s motion to transfer this patent infringement suit involving a “Convertible Vehicle Child Safety Seat” to the District of New Jersey pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and to sever and stay plaintiff’s ...

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