An employee succeeded in having a default judgment entered against the company he sued for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act because its repeated failure to respond to discovery, even after being ordered to do so by the court, ...

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

Where the defendant’s online comment about the plaintiff’s counsel – that he and unidentified others are “going to have a lot of f—ing fun with her” after she “loses this fraudulent lawsuit” – were repugnant, they did not cross the ...

Tagged with: Judge Joel Hoppe Sanctions U.S. District Court - Western District

A lawyer penalized last year for his alleged connection to a deceptive corporate registration scheme has been released from a sanctions award of $86,697.50 by a ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia. August McCarthy of Warrenton denied participation in ...

Tagged with: Attorney discipline Justice William C. Mims Sanctions

A law firm defendant must produce attorney-client privileged documents because the crime-fraud exception is applicable where the attorney purportedly committed a crime or fraud, there was a prima facie showing he engaged in criminal conduct and the Noerr-Pennington doctrine was ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a mortgage borrower’s argument that loan servicing companies tacitly consented to arbitration by their silence was frivolous, and he refused to withdraw a motion to confirm an “arbitration” award after receiving a Rule 11 safe harbor letter, he was sanctioned ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Despite a “suspicious” omission of unfavorable medical information, a Norfolk judge refused to hobble a medical malpractice case because the plaintiff and his lawyer dragged their feet in supplementing discovery responses. The defendant hospital claimed there was a “blatant abuse ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Jane Hall Medical Malpractice Norfolk Circuit Court Sanctions Virginia Circuit Courts

A party that failed to comply with a prior court order was found to be in civil contempt and given five days to come into compliance before a $1,000 daily fine begins to accrue. The moving party is entitled to ...

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

Where the transcript showed the defendant’s corporate designee was not prepared to testify about several topics listed in the corporate deposition notice, a second deposition was ordered and defendant has to pay reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees. Background Willie Henderson ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Sanctions U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the plaintiff previously prevailed on its motion to compel discovery and its counsel submitted a fee request, the court reviewed hourly rates for attorneys and paralegals with comparable experience and found the request acceptable for the Norfolk legal market. ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the record showed a non-lawyer advocate made several false statements while assisting parents who claimed a school board did not provide services for their autistic son, the advocate was fined and prohibited from participating in federal cases involving similar ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District