Where the court previously dismissed a lawsuit for lack of standing, the plaintiffs’ motion to reconsider was denied because it did not show the court misapplied the facts or the law. The City of Norfolk, moreover, was awarded most of ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a franchisor needed to provide notice and an opportunity to cure before it could terminate an agreement for failure to meet development goals, and no such notice was provided here, the franchisor breached the contract. Background Defendant JTH Tax ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court enjoined the U.S. Army in January 2019 from cancelling a contract for food delivery services at Fort Benning because it appeared that the procurement process might have been in violation of federal law, that injunction was modified ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where parties challenged the City of Virginia Beach’s at-large election method, and the city moved to stay proceedings until March 2023 so that the newly elected City Council had an opportunity to decide on a method of conducting elections, the ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a former employee asserted a claim for interference under the Rehabilitation Act, but she failed to plead facts showing any discriminatory intent by her employer, her claim was dismissed. Background Michele Pitts-Brown’s second amended complaint, or SAC, against her ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A demand for treble damages under the Virginia Overtime Wage Act was rejected after a federal judge found that recent amendments applied retroactively. Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the Eastern District of Virginia limited the claimant’s relief to damages available ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Raymond A. Jackson Overtime Wage Act U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company failed to answer certain allegations in the third amended complaint, or TAC, did not attempt to file an answer until the plaintiff moved for default judgment and then submitted an incomplete answer, the plaintiff’s motion for judgment ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company sued for wrongful death was allowed to file a late answer, but was precluded from raising any affirmative defenses to the wrongful death claim, its motion to now amend its late answer to add responses and affirmative ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Virginia General Assembly amended the Virginia Overtime Wage Act on July 1, 2022, to eliminate the availability of treble damages, that change was procedural and thus applies retroactively. Background On April 29, 2022, Gwendolyn Meharg sued Harmony on ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former student athlete’s Title IX retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims against the College of William & Mary can go forward, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled. The plaintiff alleged that her basketball coach surveilled her ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson