A defendant convicted of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone within 1,000 feet of an elementary school has her conviction set aside under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to her lawyer’s ineffective assistance of counsel during the plea negotiation process, in this ...

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A former vice president of a government contractor cannot sue for race discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 on the ground that disciplinary action taken against him allegedly displayed a racial animus because complaints from female co-workers never ...

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A Swiss/Canadian business suing for copyright infringement has hit all the marks for injunctive relief under Real Truth About Obama Inc. v. FEC, and an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants an injunction to prevent defendant Virginia company from selling or ...

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A state trooper victimized by identity theft need not disclose to defendant credit company her settlement agreements with three credit reporting agencies and a separate debt collection agency, on related claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the ...

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In this first-impression case, an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies reconsideration of its earlier decision that an African-American plaintiff can bring a Title VII race discrimination claim against the indirect subsidiary of an Alaska Native Corporation, which is an “employer” ...

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A federal inmate may not rely on a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case to support his claim his petition is timely, because in this case, the state appellate court denied the inmate’s motion for a delayed appeal in that court, ...

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An orthopedic surgeon who was terminated from employment by Inova Health Care Services and who alleges tortious interference and other Virginia state-law claims against 14 defendants, most of whom are Virginia citizens, cannot have his case remanded to state court, ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses this suit alleging breach of tort and contract duties as barred by the doctrine of res judicata. The claims in this case arise out of a 2003 copyright infringement suit defendant brought on behalf ...

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A self-employed plumber who used a privately issued government identification document at TSA airport checkpoints, and admitted to a federal agent that he believed TSA agents probably assumed he worked for the government, is not entitled to a judgment of ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court enters a $26 million jury award for a Florida-based designer and distributor of underground mining tires. Plaintiff Jordan Fishman and his three companies sued defendant corporations based in the United Arab Emirates and owned by ...

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