The Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts wins summary judgment in a Title VII race discrimination suit filed by a former employee who alleges “wrongful discharge in violation of public policy” and negligent disclosure of information about him; the Richmond U.S. ...

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

A Food Lion store wins summary judgment in a case in which plaintiff’s assertion that she saw a “smushed grape” on the store floor shortly after she fell is the only evidence supporting her claim of negligence; a Richmond U.S. ...

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

A federal judge plans to approve a settlement between Virginia and the federal government that would shift the care of people with intellectual disabilities to community-based services. But the judge wants the agreement to include changes to protect the rights ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court gives a habeas petitioner 14 days to inform the court of any claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel that were not asserted during the initial-review collateral proceedings that might plausibly be raised at this ...

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

In a Petersburg company’s suit alleging defendant, its former customer, violated a confidentiality agreement by appropriating plaintiff’s formula for a plant nutrient defendant markets as “Voodoo Juice,” a Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claims ...

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

A Fredericksburg entrepreneur and small businessman was involved in a criminal tax case in federal court. The IRS and the Department of Justice charged the businessman with willfully filing false tax returns for the years 2006-2009 by understating his Schedule ...

Tagged with: Criminal Federal Courts Judge John A. Gibney Jr.

A military reservist ordered to active duty who lost the hardware store she and her husband had purchased, cannot collect money damages under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act for a bank’s foreclosure on their business loan and sale of corporate ...

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

A law firm attempting to collect credit-card debt can invoke the mandatory arbitration clause in debtors’ credit-card agreements, and a Richmond U.S. District Court orders arbitration of this class-action lawsuit against the law firm under the Fair Debt Collection Practices ...

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

In this patent infringement case involving a dog breed test kit, a Richmond U.S. District Court says defendant’s purchase of the company that manufactured the kits, advertised them online and sold them in Virginia, confers personal jurisdiction on defendant company ...

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

Even if defendant Simmons National Bank’s Loan Purchase Agreement of 2001 may have lacked mutuality of obligation at the outset, the parties performed under the Agreement for the next 10 years and the Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant loan ...

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