In this litigation arising from a computer vendor’s termination of a contract with a marketing company, neither side wins summary judgment on the vendor’s claim to commission refunds for returned products, but the Richmond U.S. District Court grants the marketing ...

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Two African-American art professors at a historically black university may sue under Title VII on a claim the university sought to reduce the number of black instructors and hire less-qualified Caucasian instructors, but their claims are factually distinct and the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

When the business relationship between a computer seller and its marketing firm soured, the emails started to fly. The emails may have made matters worse, but a federal judge drew the line at a suit for defamation when he dismissed ...

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A defendant convicted of possession with intent to distribute five or more grams of crack cocaine is not eligible for a sentence reduction due to a subsequent revision to the Drug Quantity Table in the federal sentencing guidelines, says a ...

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A discovery dispute in a discrimination case has come to a draw in the latest round in Richmond federal court. Richmond U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. has partially granted a motion to compel filed by Karla Gerner, former ...

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Virginia’s state residency requirement under Va. Code § 24.2-543 for persons who circulate petitions for independent candidates for President of the U.S. violates the First and 14th Amendments, and a Richmond U.S. District Court permanently enjoins the State Board of ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court says defendant “spice” company intentionally violated plaintiff tobacco company’s trademarks for plaintiff’s cigarette brand “NEWPORT” with its similarly packaged product called “NEWPROT,” and rules in plaintiff’s favor on all counts and awards attorney’s fees in ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant school board in this race and age discrimination suit filed by an African-American plaintiff over 70 years old whose position as maintenance director was eliminated by the board. Plaintiff claims ...

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A defendant cannot overturn his reckless driving conviction for speeding on Fort Lee property by complaining that the magistrate judge should not have admitted certificates of testing of the tuning forks on the officer’s radar device because the government failed ...

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In this dispute between a computer vendor and the marketing firm it terminated, a Richmond U.S. District Court addresses the “Russian nesting doll” of defendant marketing firm’s single counterclaim and says only the firm’s claim for underpayment of commissions can ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District