Where an individual apparently resigned, and then allegedly changed the contact email on his former employer’s Facebook page, he was sued for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Background This matter stems from actions taken by defendants Chester Dog ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a plaintiff alleged that a circuit court judge allegedly called him “arrogant” that he “would not negotiate with the city” and that he had “gotten all the [d]ue process [he] would receive from” the court, these allegations did not ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a woman alleged her civil rights were violated when she was detained in an overcrowded, poorly ventilated and unsanitary county jail, but she failed to show that any policy or custom by Henrico County was the “moving force” of ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a woman plausibly alleged a Richmond detective used excessive and unreasonable force, arrested her without probable cause and illegally searched her purse and home without a warrant, but there were insufficient factual allegations that this was pursuant to an ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a horse owner pleaded facts plausibly suggesting an equine antibiotic was defectively designed and manufactured, and that the manufacturer had notice of the defects but failed to warn customers, her claims may proceed to ­discovery. Background This four-count products ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company and its sole member failed to make payments under eight trucking equipment financing agreements, a bank was awarded damages. As the defendants were unlikely to satisfy a judgment and had stopped communicating with their counsel, the bank ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where patent holder Columbia University in New York claimed the defendant was unjustly enriched when it allegedly used confidential information in proposals, but Columbia failed to show a confidential relationship existed as it pertained to the proposals, federal patent law ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Former corporate officers sued over an allegedly unlawful online lending scheme could not claim the protection of attorney-client privilege over documents between the company and its counsel, as the privilege was lost when the company changed management. U.S. District Judge ...

Tagged with: Attorney-client privilege Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Fourth Circuit previously held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act allows a plaintiff to establish personal jurisdiction over a defendant by effectuating service over the defendant in any district in which the defendant resides, ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where former corporate officers who were sued for an alleged unlawful online lending scheme claimed privilege over documents between the company and its counsel, the argument was denied because the privilege was lost when control of the company passed to ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District