Where a software provider in a contract dispute over an agreement to provide services found CarMax allowed potentially relevant information to be wiped from laptops, thus depriving the software provider of discovery, it was awarded $96,975.70 in attorneys’ fees and ...

Tagged with: Judge Theresa C. Buchanan Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the purchaser of a vehicle showed that he was tricked during credit discussions and won a default judgment of more than $100,000, he was awarded over $28,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs after proving the hours, rates and success ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a party suing for breach of contract successfully prevailed on its motion to compel emails and documents relating to a prior contract, because the hourly rates of its attorneys at Foley & Lardner were slightly above those of attorneys ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An arbitrator did not exceed his jurisdiction in reversing United Airlines’ decision to terminate a pilot accused of retaliation. The arbitrator acknowledged the retaliation standard from United’s policy and the definition applied by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and sufficiently ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an employer never responded to the employee’s claims for unpaid overtime wages and liquidated damages, the employee was awarded $3,920 in overtime wages, an equal amount as liquidated damages and $8,329.75 in attorneys’ fees and costs. Background Plaintiff filed ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although the plaintiff delayed producing documents related to the medical care she alleges she received as a result of the defendant’s conduct, the delay was caused by factors beyond her control and dismissal of her claims was not warranted as ...

Tagged with: Judge Theresa C. Buchanan Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although the defendant was ordered to respond to long-overdue discovery, the sanctions requested by the plaintiff, including striking of a counterclaim and affirmative defenses, were disproportionate. As the pandemic likely made discovery more difficult and the parties are still litigating ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a federal loan servicer offered evidence suggesting a law firm operated a fraudulent scheme to create lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, the firm was ordered to produce documents because of the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client ...

Tagged with: Employment Employment Law Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A federal judge’s ruling on attorney-cli­ent privilege has brought to light a novel Virginia lawsuit claim: Lawyers alleged­ly induced student loan debtors to stop making payments in order to trigger ac­tionable collection calls. A student loan debt servicer claims the ...

Tagged with: Judge Theresa C. Buchanan Student Loans U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A judge’s discovery sanctions will hobble a seagoing security company in its bid for insurance coverage after its ship and crew were seized by Indian authorities. The sanctions include preclusion of evidence beyond the company’s limited discovery responses and an ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District