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Civil Practice: Court refuses to enjoin Corporate Transparency Act
Where various community associations moved to enjoin enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act, but they did not show a likelihood of success on the merits or irreparable harm if an […]
Commercial: Motion to reconsider not time to introduce new evidence
Where the court previously granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment because plaintiff did not identify several of its purported trade secrets with specificity, and plaintiff attached a list of its […]
Employment: Equal pay claim against sheriff’s office dismissed
Where a former female employee of the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office failed to plead any facts sufficient to establish it paid higher wages to male employees or how her pay […]
Insurance: Economic loss doctrine bars policyholder’s tort claim
Where a policyholder asserted a tort claim in a coverage dispute over a business fire, but it failed to establish an “independent injury” separate from any potential damages it could […]
Civil Practice: State law claims remanded after removal of federal claim
Where the defendant removed the case to federal court because of a federal claim, and the plaintiff then amended his complaint to remove the federal claim, the case was remanded. […]
Employment: Ex-government employee’s third suit is dismissed
Where a former government employee’s claims were time barred, not properly exhausted, foreclosed by a prior settlement agreement or subject to res judicata, his suit was dismissed. Background Kirk E. […]
Civil Practice: Collateral estoppel bars new complaint
Where the court previously held that it lacked personal jurisdiction over two defendants, the plaintiff’s new complaint – containing the same core allegations against the same defendants – was barred […]
Employment: Ex-CIA employee alleges PIP was unlawful retaliation
Where a former Central Intelligence Agency employee alleged he received a negative performance improvement plan rating three weeks after his supervisors learned about his protected activity, he plausibly alleged a […]
Civil Practice: Court allows ‘SNAP removal’
Where a Virginia-based defendant removed a case to federal court on diversity grounds, because he had not yet been “joined and served,” the court allowed the “snap removal” because the […]
Employment: ADA accommodation claims dismissed with prejudice
Where two employees failed to show there was an alternative position they could have filled, their failure to accommodate claims failed as a matter of law. And after 13 years […]
Immigration: Denial of I-130 petition was arbitrary, capricious
Where the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, denied an I-130 petition, but its reasons were not supported by the law, or it did not provide a reasoned […]
Bankruptcy: Home contractor prevails on former customer’s claims
Where a woman sued her former home contractor (the debtor) for fraud and under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, the Bankruptcy Court did not err in finding for the contractor […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
- Search & Seizure – Warrantless search of hotel room safe upheld
