The Alexandria U.S. District Court grants employer federal agency summary judgment on a former employee’s claim that her termination violated the Rehabilitation Act; the record demonstrated that employer would have terminated employee for legitimate performance reasons regardless of claim of ...

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

A vendor who adopted use of the ENGAGE-MINT marks for candy mint tins at the request of a customer, without realizing it infringed plaintiff’s ENGAGEMINT mark, is liable to plaintiff for $670 in damages, but no attorney’s fees, says an ...

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

Disappointed donors who lost $1 million after the bankruptcy of a Virginia-based charity may have lost their last chance to find recovery or revenge. The story of John and Nancy Behrmann’s involvement in a “donor advised fund” managed by the ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Federal Courts Judge Liam O'Grady Judge Stephen S. Mitchell Law Firms Legal Malpractice

In this litigation over insurance coverage for a shopping center whose tenant grocery store was destroyed by fire, the Alexandria U.S. District Court interprets the shopping center’s “operations” under the insurance policy as its rental of space to the grocery ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses for lack of venue this suit filed by plaintiff contractors’ association seeking confirmation of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act. Venue in an action to confirm an arbitration award ...

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

The Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act does not impose strict liability on defendant Dish Network LLC, and even if it were to be found responsible for telemarketing calls to plaintiff, who is on the National Do Not Call Registry, an ...

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

A lawyer who said he was defamed by a draft legal complaint that described him as “an unethical lawyer and a racist” cannot sue for defamation, says a Fairfax Circuit Court. Claims made in a lawsuit generally are protected under ...

Tagged with: Defamation Fairfax County Circuit Court Federal Courts Judge Charles E. Poston Judge Liam O'Grady Judge R. Terrence Ney Norfolk Circuit Court

James Purdham is a safety and security officer at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax County. For 15 years, he also has served as the golf coach at the school. He handles daily practices; he transports players to and from the ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge Andre M. Davis Judge Liam O'Grady

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the former sheriff for Surry County on a claim by a plaintiff that the sheriff failed to properly train or supervise defendant deputy, who allegedly violated plaintiff’s civil rights through an ...

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

Holding that neither Virginia nor Delaware would recognize a claim for “deepening insolvency,” an Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a Swedish law firm’s claim for breach of fiduciary duty against a defendant who allegedly failed to pay legal fees for ...

Tagged with: Creditor's Rights Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District