A licensee of tattoo designs infringed plaintiff designer’s copyright, both before and after termination of the license for nonpayment of royalties, by changing the colors of the designs the licensee posted on its own website, and a Norfolk U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a Georgia bank’s suit against a Virginia LLC and three individuals for breach of commercial promissory notes, a Norfolk U.S. District Court says plaintiff’s allegations, that the LLC is a Virginia LLC with its principal office and headquarters located ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A grade-school student who allegedly suffered ongoing illness from mold at his school cannot sue the school board or the school system’s assistant for facilities and maintenance and its executive director of faculties for constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. § ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A female employee on a Wakefield hog breeding farm has stated a claim for sexual harassment by male coworkers with allegations of unwanted touching, disparaging remarks and an incident involving a male coworker looking into the women’s shower room through ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court reverses a criminal conviction for “unauthorized removal” of personal property, for a woman who cut a length of rope from a beached fishing vessel at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, and took a floating life preserver ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Prosecutors cannot use defendant’s statement that he owned a white pickup truck parked nearby in his drug prosecution because the detectives did not give defendant Miranda warnings, but the Norfolk U.S. District Court will wait until trial to decide whether ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Search & Seizure U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court remands to state court a woman’s asbestos lawsuit, which was removed from state court upon discovery that the asbestos exposure stemmed from her father’s work on Navy vessels, as defendants have not alleged a causal ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A male postal employee who contends he was unfairly targeted by his female supervisor and discriminated against with discipline over unauthorized overtime and other issues, has his suit alleging employment discrimination dismissed by the Newport News U.S. District Court. On ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An English trustee seeking a Hampton, Va., real estate interest of a citizen of the UK who was adjudged bankrupt in England cannot get the Newport News U.S. District Court to “avoid” a transfer of the Hampton property by debtor ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff borrower’s Truth-in-Lending Act claims arising from her “refinance credit transaction,” but will allow plaintiff the chance to amend her complaint to allege a claim against Wachovia that the transaction ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District