A Newport News U.S. District Court enters default judgment for a Colorado optical data storage company suing its former worldwide sales director for violation of a noncompete agreement and  misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information; the court award $198,756  ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In evaluating plaintiff professional tax preparer’s claim that he was defamed by a local news broadcast about “unscrupulous” tax preparers, the Norfolk U.S. District Court will not consider video clips defendant TV station filed with its motion to dismiss, and ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses a Florida architectural firm’s suit against a Virginia Beach customer home builder for copyright infringement, which fails to detail how defendants might have gained access to plaintiff’s copyrighted works or copied them; despite plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The federal government may seek reimbursement under 10 U.S.C. § 1095 from defendant insurance company as third-party payer for medical expenses for a retired Air Force service member injured on his civilian janitorial job while he was cleaning a commissary ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District Workers' Compensation

In this case in which an insured seeks to “stack” UIM auto liability coverage, a Norfolk U.S. District Court finds no ambiguity in decedent’s UIM policy that will allow the court to “stack” coverage on three vehicles insured under the ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After granting summary judgment for defendants for in an action alleging violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and federal Copyright Act, the Newport News U.S. District Court awards attorney’s fees only as to the DMCA claims asserted against ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a grain dealer’s unfair trade practice action against bank, the Norfolk U.S. District Court allows evidence of grain dealer’s bank fraud conviction and bankruptcy over 20 years ago to impeach grain dealer and on the issue of causation of ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Norfolk U.S. District Court allows a grain dealer’s action against a bank under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act to proceed for the jury to decide whether bank misled grain dealer and caused it to lose ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a slip-and-fall negligence action against a grocery store, the Norfolk U.S. District Court held that the 85-year old victim should have the benefit of a jury instruction that the video the store erased would have been adverse. Plaintiff slipped ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a patent infringement action seeking injunctive relief, the Norfolk U.S. District Court held that the patentee’s claims in seeking the patent control the definition of “collector card” as one having intrinsic value when dispensed. In 2001, patentee obtained a ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District