A former manager of capital markets for defendant BB&T Securities can sue the company for breach of contract in two Restricted Stock Agreements, on two theories, and for a declaratory judgment invalidating noncompete provisions in the RSAs, for allegedly failing ...

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

After a bench trial, a Richmond U.S. District Court will grant an insurance carrier a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend or indemnify an insured under a homeowners policy against a suit filed by his stepdaughter seeking ...

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

Police who were investigating a fellow police officer accused of sexually molesting a young girl violated defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights when they seized defendant’s tablet and laptop computers under a warrant that authorized a search for evidence related to the ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Search & Seizure U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiffs’ suit seeking rescission of a foreclosure sale, defendants timely removed the action after a Virginia state court issued a letter opinion dismissing claims against the non-diverse defendants, but the “voluntary-involuntary rule” bars removal, and the Richmond U.S. District ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant university’s motion to dismiss a professor’s claim alleging her department chair defamed her by accusing her of speaking disparagingly about the department, having “meltdowns” and “temper tantrums” and complaining that she did not ...

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

In this Fair Credit Reporting Act suit filed by plaintiffs who allege they were denied employment based on allegedly inaccurate and incomplete criminal his­tories supplied by defendant CoreLogic National Background Data LLC, a Rich­mond U.S. District Court denies plaintiffs’ renewed ...

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

In this Fair Credit Reporting Act suit filed by plaintiffs who allege they were denied employment based on alleged­ly inaccurate and incomplete criminal histories supplied by defendant Core­Logic National Background Data LLC, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion ...

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

In this suit challenging defendants’ use of employment background checks, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants reconsideration of its earlier decision in order to dismiss claims of some plain­tiffs, but denies reconsideration as to additional claims. Plaintiffs allege in count ...

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

Lawyers have been warned: Thieves are out to take your mon­ey with their internet confidence games. One lawyer who spotted a suspected email fraud still ended up burned when his mail account was later commandeered to work a scam on ...

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

Although plaintiff’s lawyer’s email account was hacked and plaintiff’s $63,000 settle­ment of his job bias suit was misdirected to an overseas bank account, plaintiff still must dismiss his suit because his lawyer failed to exercise ordinary care to notify oppos­ing ...

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