A former home furnishings consultant’s ERISA interference claim against a plan administrator is timely under the five-year statute of limitations for the claim, but the Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses the claim because mere speculation supports plaintiff’s assertion that the ...

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A former program manager on aviation security for the Department of Homeland Security, who was terminated after he declined to disclose the contents of his interview with DHS’ Office of the Inspector General, has exhausted his claim under the Whistleblower ...

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Two government contractors whose False Claims Act suit allegedly blows the whistle on defendant contractor’s false weapons qualification scheme and false billeting scheme for security personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, see their qui tam suit dismissed by an Alexandria U.S. ...

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Shareholders are suing a bank’s directors for not paying sufficient attention to the bank’s annual report. The shareholders’ derivative action alleges the annual report threw up “red flags” that should have allowed the defendants to ward off regulatory action that ...

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In this shareholder derivative action against Capital One officers and directors alleging inadequate oversight of a third-party call center’s marketing of add-on products, the Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses claims for corporate waste and unjust enrichment, but says plaintiffs have ...

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In plaintiff social media company’s suit against Facebook, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says the complaint adequately alleges facts concerning post-filing knowledge to state a claim for indirect infringement, as the service or filing of a law suit provides the ...

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Although an employee who worked less than 30 hours per week was not eligible for life insurance as an employee benefit, the employer breached its ERISA fiduciary duty when it enrolled the employee and deducted premiums from his paycheck for ...

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Plaintiff Entrepreneur Media Inc. wins default judgment against Internet domain name entrepreneursstartup.com in this decision by the Alexandria U.S. District Court under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. The court accepts the recommendation of the magistrate judge and orders that the ...

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In a multiemployer pension plan’s suit for withdrawal liability payments from the owner of a withdrawing employer pursuant to the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants the pension plan’s motion for summary judgment ...

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In plaintiff Suffolk Technologies’ suit alleging defendant Google’s willful infringement of Suffolk’s ‘835 patent that purports to cover several methods for controlling a server in response to requests for files from web pages, an Alexandria U.S. District Court offers Markman ...

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