A man claimed members of his former wife’s family recorded conversations between him and his purported romantic partner, and that his wife’s attorneys used the contents of those recordings in his underlying divorce proceedings. Virginia wiretapping statutes precludes attorneys from ...

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Divorce lawyers accused of using dirt uncovered by illegal recordings and computer snooping have no blanket protection against a lawsuit based on state and federal wiretap laws, a federal judge has ruled. Allegations in the case mirror recent warnings that ...

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

A private duty nurse who sued her employer for violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act was awarded $20,910.75 for unpaid wages, an equal amount for liquidated damages plus attorney’s fees and costs. Background Only Choice employed therapists, medical social ...

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

The court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff’s religious discrimination claims because there was no evidence the defendant’s conduct was because of the plaintiff’s religion. Background Ann Bender was an employee of a private corporation (SAVA), working ...

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

The government disclosed, at the end of a two-week jury trial, that it failed to produce up to 32,000 documents but the court held it was inadvertent, and denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the indictment. Background On Oct. 28, ...

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

In weighing the factors supporting transfer of venue to the Northern District of Georgia, the court denied a request by internet service providers finding copyright infringement occurred in the Eastern District of Virginia, the ISPs had not demonstrated how witnesses ...

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

A hard drive that was provided by defendant to his counsel, along with a second hard drive that contained copies from the first hard drive, needed to be returned to the plaintiff because it was within the scope of a ...

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

A Virginia man seeking to determine the ownership of shotguns from the collection he purchased in Florida had his suit transferred to Florida, where the Florida state courts and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ...

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

A man challenging his demotion at the transportation administration cannot rely on evidence from another demoted employee because the two were not similarly situated. Background Plaintiff is a former member of the Transportation Senior Executive Service at the Transportation Security ...

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

Where a lab showed it was likely to succeed on its claims of trademark counterfeiting, infringement and dilution by unknown defendants, it was entitled to an ex parte TRO order freezing the assets of each of the defendants’ PayPal and/or ...

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