A defendant who removed a contract action to federal court has satisfied the “double designation” rule for alleging diversity jurisdiction based on allegations in plaintiff’s state court complaint and in the notice of removal, and the Richmond U.S. District Court ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff company’s attempt to collect on a multi-million dollar award in a trade-secrets case, a Richmond U.S. District Court partially grants plaintiff’s motion to compel asset-related discovery by ordering defendant to produce customer identity information in the wake of ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who appealed an unlawful detainer decision against him in state court and then filed his own quiet title action can defeat defendant mortgage association’s federal court removal of plaintiff’s quiet title action under the “prior exclusive jurisdiction doctrine,” ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who won her malicious prosecution case against a deputy sheriff who arrested the woman for allegedly withholding information about the location of a dog that bit her, is awarded attorney’s fees of $322,340.50 and costs of $10,305.51 by ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Hire a big dog lawyer to handle a dog-bite case, and you can expect a sizeable bill for services. But it was worth it for Eileen McAfee, who won an order requiring the other side to pay over $300,000 in ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Civil Rights Federal Courts Judge Robert E. Payne

A cleaning services technician for VCU Health System who alleges he was repeatedly passed over for promotions due to age discrimination loses his suit alleging age discrimination as the Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for defendant. Plaintiff’s hostile ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit by a commercial lease guarantor on an alleged breach of its right to purchase the leased property, the Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a counterclaim filed by the owner of the property to force specific performance by ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A company that consulted on regulatory compliance for the pharmaceutical industry that had a joint venture with a software company to develop and market compliance software can sue the software company for a declaratory judgment that it’s part-owner of the ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge David J. Novak Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court declines to hold an evidentiary hearing on the propriety or scope of a requested permanent injunction against defendant’s future use of trade secrets misappropriated from plaintiff, as defendant appears to want to retry the case. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a rapid volley of court actions, a Korean company fighting a $920 million judgment for theft of trade secrets was hit with a “devastating” 20-year ban on sales of its body armor product, and then promptly won a stay ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Intellectual Property Judge Albert Diaz Judge Andre M. Davis Judge Dennis W. Shedd Judge Robert E. Payne