In this contract dispute related to plaintiff SEJ Enterprises’ sale of SCIA LLC to defendant Centra Technology Inc., SEJ wins summary judgment against Centra on a claim arising under SEJ’s prior agreement with a company SEJ hired to assist with ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says a learning-disabled student is not entitled to tuition reimbursement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for private placement by her parents at the Lab School of Washington, as the parents failed to meet ...

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

Capital One can enforce a noncompete covenant that restricts future activities of executives who built up a bank purchased by Capital One in 2006 in a transaction valued at $13.2 billion, and who later departed Capital One after executing a ...

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

A law firm’s benefits plan administrator was obliged to pay a deceased lawyer’s 401(k) and life insurance proceeds to her ex-husband, who remained the designated beneficiary, but ERISA does not protect husband from a state court action by the deceased ...

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

An Alexandria federal judge will enforce a lucrative noncompete agreement between Capital One Financial Corp. and two former top executives. The decision by U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady in Capital One Financial Corp. v. Kanas (VLW 012-3-213) is remarkable for ...

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A bank wins summary judgment in its suit alleging defendant wrongfully used international shipping documents from the bank and designated the bank as the consignee on the documents for rugs imported into the U.S. from Pakistan, without tendering the required ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says a Maryland contractor on a mixed-use project in Washington, D.C. owes the project owner $3.9 million in damages for its failure to provide windows and waterproofing that comply with contract specifications. The contract required ...

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

The owner of an “Any Floors” business owes plaintiff laborer total damages of $86,450 in back pay and overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the owner may be personally liable, despite using the corporate form for her ...

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A sheriff wins summary judgment in this race discrimination suit in which an African-American male inmate services counselor alleged a “hostile environment” arising from another African-American coworker leaving a watermelon at his work station, a Caucasian coworker making a comment, ...

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

ALEXANDRIA (AP) It’s a cache of data roughly equivalent to half of the Library of Congress and nobody quite knows what to do with it. Tens of millions of digital files kept on Megaupload.com went dark earlier this year. Megaupload ...

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