A law firm partnership agreement that requires a departing firm member to forfeit 50 percent of his Accrual Basis Account if he takes firm clients with him upon departure may be a violation of D.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6; ...

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A law firm cannot enforce a 50-percent penalty clause in its payout contract for departing attorneys who take firm clients with them, an Alexandria federal judge has ruled. The Nov. 6 ruling could be worth as much as $150,000 to ...

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Plaintiff operators of a maritime security business who had a fee dispute with a lawyer hired to assist with crisis management when one of their crews was detained in India have stated claims for defamation against their former lawyer who ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court says a white female teacher hired to work at a Department of Defense School in Incirlik, Turkey, may try her Title VII retaliation and discrimination claims based on the manner in which the school’s African-American ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court upholds a bankruptcy court order lifting the automatic stay to allow a landlord to pursue remedies against debtor, who has not paid rent on his residential lease since November 2014 and who will not vacate ...

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In this copyright infringement action, an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to strike most of defendant’s affirmative defenses, including fair use and unclean hands, based on a claim that plaintiff is responsible for initially seeding some of its ...

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Plaintiffs stated fraud claims against the seller of a business comprising a Checkers franchise and an Auntie Anne’s franchise for allegedly presenting fraudulent invoices and estimates of daily sales for the restaurants, including evidence that sales were repeatedly rung up ...

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A plaintiff who served as Installation Supervisor for the Installation Department of defendant’s heating and air conditioning business qualifies under Department of Labor regulations as an executive employee exempt from overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, says ...

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In this litigation arising out of the dissolution of intellectual property law firm Jacobson Holman PLLC, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants plaintiff firm member’s motion to dismiss the firm’s counterclaims against two other firm members for payments into firm ...

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In light of a new Virginia Supreme Court case interpreting tortious interference law, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says a maritime security company can amend its complaint alleging tortious interference against a maritime lawyer who allegedly defamed the company in ...

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