The owners of certain domain names obtained a protectable interest in those names by using them in commerce before a hacker transferred the names to his control, and the owners were entitled to an order directing that the domain names ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Fairfax County school employee failed to plausibly allege facts showing the school board or school officials retaliated against her for filing a prior employment lawsuit. Background Kathleen Munive alleges that defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by retaliating against ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A subcontractor that provided equipment, and received over $2.1 million in exchange, lost its attempt to keep those funds after the court agreed the money was paid as an avoidable transfer. Background Clark Construction Group LLC subcontracted work on a ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a lawsuit challenging policies governing servicemembers living with the human immunodeficiency virus, the court held the plaintiffs were entitled to the vast majority of documents withheld by the government on the basis of a “deliberative process” privilege because, among ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The defendant persuaded the 16-year old to engage in actual or simulated masturbation, as well to expose her naked breasts and nude body while showering. Background On Nov. 8, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Seitu ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Reporter’s complaint against individual agents of the Department of Justice and the United States Postal Service who allegedly engaged in illegal surveillance activities against her and her family were dismissed because the individual agents had still not been identified more ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Practice Judge Leonie Brinkema

As the home healthcare aides were employees, not independent contractors, their employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them overtime. Moreover, because the employer was ignorant of the relevant rules, it was liable for additional liquidated damages, ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

As the home healthcare aides were employees, not independent contractors, their employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them overtime. Moreover, because the employer was ignorant of the relevant rules, it was liable for additional liquidated damages, ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Homeowners cannot demand that the defendants produce the original note for inspection because such a demand is contrary to Virginia’s non-judicial foreclosure laws. In addition, the homeowners lack standing to contest the assignments of the deed, the appointment of substitute ...

Tagged with: Banking Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The United States cannot claim sovereign immunity against claims that Americans violated international law by subjecting plaintiffs to torture at the Abu Ghraib prison. While that ruling of first impression allowed a government contractor sued over its alleged involvement in ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District