In these consolidated international business tort cases involving tire manufacturers’ trade secrets, an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies defendants’ Rule 59 motion for a new trial following a $26 million jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs on claims of copyright ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An electrical contractor can be prosecuted for making false statements and concealing assets in violation of 26 IRC § 7201 for failure to pay a tax penalty for payroll taxes and making false statements in his offer-to-compromise; an Alexandria U.S. ...

Tagged with: Judge T.S. Ellis III Taxation U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff’s suit alleging the hormone therapy drug Prempro caused her breast cancer, an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies summary judgment to defendant manufacturer on plaintiff’s claim for negligent design defect; the court grants summary judgment for Wyeth on plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Judge T.S. Ellis III Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says defendant, a part owner of defendant ABC Management Technology Solutions LLC, is personally liable for debts ABC owes to plaintiff Ingram Micro Inc., based on the language of a personal guaranty signed by the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Virginia-based LLC that is owned by a Hong-Kong-based company, and is pursuing a patent infringement claim against a Taiwanese manufacturer, its Pennsylvania-based U.S. sales office, a Chinese corporation with its principal place of business in Hong Kong; a Delaware ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this bankruptcy case involving Qimonda, a global computer chip maker in insolvency proceedings in Germany, an Alexandria U.S. District Court remands this case to the bankruptcy court for further review of protection afforded to appellants, licensees of Qimonda’s patents. ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An insurance company has a duty to defend a public storage company against a physician-client’s claim that the Public Storage and codefendant Sam’s Contracting Inc. are liable under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for the unlawful removal and destruction of ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

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 ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

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 ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

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 ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District