A psychiatrist under investigation for unlawful drug distribution waived any attorney-client privilege as to the contents of a Notebook he gave to a grand jury witness who shared it with federal prosecutors, and the government’s trial team did not review ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Magistrate Judge denies summary judgment to plaintiff coal sales company in its suit to recover advance payments for coal purchases, paid to defendant coal company. In 2011, Integrity and C&B contracted for the purchase ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

A district civil rights manager for the Virginia Department of Transportation has stated a Title VII claim for retaliation based on her allegations that she was pressured to change an investigative report responding to an African-American’s complaint of race discrimination ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

In this diversity action seeking monetary recovery under an alleged contract for consulting services, the Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court denies defendant’s objections to a discovery order entered by the magistrate judge that will require depositions in the U.S. ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

A defendant coal company that offered no excuse for its delayed payment of legal fees ordered by the Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court after a discovery dispute is ordered to pay plaintiff additional legal fees of $2,016.50 and interest ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation and grants default judgment to the government in this civil forfeiture action against $60,753 held in a SunTrust bank account opened by a person who has disclaimed any interest in ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James P. Jones Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a rare move, an Abingdon federal judge has thrown out the government’s criminal case against a mining company and a mine foreman accused of a safety violation. U.S. District Judge James P. Jones agreed with lawyers for Hills Coal ...

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An Abingdon U.S. District Court says a bank may sue a loan guarantor for tortious interference with contract and statutory conspiracy under Virginia law, based on a claim that the guarantor intentionally caused the borrower – a Bristol shopping center ...

Tagged with: Banking Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Magistrate Judge awards attorney’s fees of $137,725  under a lease agreement and a guarantee of the lease agreement, which both include a provision for attorney’s fees for the prevailing party in an action to interpret the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Abingdon U.S. District Court denies a state police investigator’s motion for a new trial on liability on a former local political candidate’s suit alleging violation of his constitutional rights. After a jury awarded plaintiff nominal damages of $1, this ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District