An Alexandria federal judge pointedly condemned the “dishonesty” of a patent lawyer who profited from licensing a company’s patent portfolio while keeping the company in the dark about his activities. U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady said Erik Cherdak’s “character for ...

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A former attorney who liberally licensed a company’s patent portfolio without their knowledge and never paid them the license proceeds is liable for fraud, conversion, and breach of contract. He must disgorge more than $650,000 in ill-gotten gains and pay ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A out-of-state defendant is subject to the court’s jurisdiction, based on the numerous purchase orders (of large dollar value) that it placed with a Virginia health-care-products company. Background Plaintiff Belmora, a Virginia pharmaceutical company, is suing Defendant Midway Importing Inc. ...

Tagged with: Business Law Civil Procedure Constitutional Due Process Fifth Amendment Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A lawsuit alleging voter intimidation and defamation by a group which plaintiffs say published false accusations of voter fraud is being allowed to continue after a federal judge denied the defense’s motion to dismiss Aug. 13. “We appreciate that the ...

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Two publications purporting to reveal widespread voter fraud have given rise to a viable lawsuit. The published materials (called Alien Invasion I and II) allegedly reported falsely that specific individuals, identified by name and other personal information, had registered and/or voted illegally in ...

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The court denied Defendant Linda Howard’s motions for judgment as a matter of law after a jury found her liable for numerous violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Howard, a U.S. citizen employed by the State Department at the ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court says an African-American male school custodian can sue the school system for retaliatory discharge based on a claim that he was fired two months after complaining that a poster in the teachers’ lounge was racially ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in a pro se plaintiff’s suit alleging Title VII violations in the PTO’s decision not to hire her for patent examiner positions, based on the ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation over dissolution of a partnership and distribution of its assets, the Alexandria U.S. District Court adopts the magistrate judge’s recommendation to award two law firms, respectively, $67,690.50 and $176,614.49, to be paid from the undistributed share of ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An apartment tenant who alleges a brain injury left him particularly susceptible to emotional distress resulting from a maintenance worker’s appearance in his apartment, without prior notice from the property management company, has failed to state claims against the company ...

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