Where a trial delay was caused by several factors beyond the government’s control, including COVID-19, defendant’s medical problems and a weather-related travel delay, and the defendant showed no resulting prejudice, his motion to dismiss the indictment on speedy trial grounds ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company that provides specialized occupational training was wholly owned by an individual who primarily worked in Virginia, its suit alleging defendants stole trade secrets was dismissed because one of the defendants resided in Virginia, meaning there was no ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a mother alleged that social workers and agencies failed to provide services required under a foster care agreement, but there was no federal cause of action in her complaint nor complete diversity between the parties, the suit was dismissed. ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A federal court has sanctioned an employee who deleted electronically stored information, or ESI, from his former employer’s computers after receiving a litigation hold letter when he was fired for starting a competing company with several co-workers. Judge Roderick C. ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Roderick C. Young Spoliation U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Eastern District

Where an engineering company disputed whether it was liable for a wrongful death and serious personal injury, but the controversy could be settled in a pending Pennsylvania state court liability action, a declaratory judgment complaint was dismissed. Background On Nov. ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the complaint alleged that defendants failed to pay overtime by developing a pay scheme to reduce employees’ hourly rates the more hours they worked, and then paying the overtime rate based on the reduced hourly rate, not the regular ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where individuals that received loans alleged the defendants associated for the purpose of collecting unlawful debt, and that the members of the alleged association-in-fact were distinct from the enterprise itself, their claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, ...

Tagged with: Judge Roderick C. Young Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a former employee accused of improperly competing with his employer destroyed electronic documents that he had an obligation to preserve, and the documents could not be restored or replaced, an adverse inference instruction will be given to the jury. ...

Tagged with: Judge Roderick C. Young Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the former HR director for Norfolk State University alleged he was stripped of his job title and duties and terminated after he refused to halt investigations into a senior executive’s conduct, he plausibly alleged a claim for retaliation. Background ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a district manager for an industrial sales company formed two of his own companies during the course of his employment, a jury will decide if his actions constituted active competition that breached his duty of loyalty to his employer. ...

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