February 14, 2022
Comments Off on Court lacks jurisdiction over Florida defendants
Where Florida-based defendants who were sued for trademark infringement by a mortgage services company have not been involved with loans in Virginia, Virginia residents have not registered with or submitted any loan applications through their website and they have not ...
Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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February 14, 2022
Comments Off on Misconduct, not retaliation, led to worker’s termination
An employer was granted summary judgment against hostile work environment and retaliation claims filed by a former employee who reported sexual harassment by a co-worker but admitted she leveraged an offensive video to “elicit a cash payment” from the harasser. ...
Tagged with: Employment Law Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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February 8, 2022
Comments Off on Employee was terminated for misconduct, not retaliation
Where a former employee admitted she accepted $160 in cash from a co-worker after recording an offending video of him and stating she would post it online, and her employer concluded that she used the recording as “leverage to elicit ...
Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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November 8, 2021
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Three Virginia federal judgeships have been filled recently as the U.S. Senate confirmed more of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees. Patricia Tolliver Giles and Michael S. Nachmanoff were confirmed to seats on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles Judge Toby Heytens Judges Judgeships President Joe Biden U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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