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, ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court says a company that alleges a former employee who settled her sexual harassment claim breached a confidentiality clause by sharing details of the settlement with a coworker, who in turn sued the company, can sue ...

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

A renter’s continued residence in a rental home even after utilities were turned off created a material factual issue about whether the property was vacant when it burned, and a Richmond U.S. District Court denies an insurance carrier’s motion for ...

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

Plaintiff mortgage company can sue defendant mortgage company on a claim that defendant breached an agreement to only sell plaintiff loans that complied with plaintiff’s underwriting and credit requirements, says a Richmond U.S. District Court. A third party in turn ...

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

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 ...

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

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