Allegations by female high school students that a school board and administrators ignored the sexual harassment and grooming behavior of a male employee have stated plausible Title IX and civil rights violations, the Western District of Virginia held. U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a medical company sued 25 individuals and corporate entities under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act, for scheming to harm its business, but none of the underlying offenses were proper predicate acts for a civil RICO ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where five former female high-school students alleged they were sexually harassed and groomed by a school employee, and that the school board and administrators had knowledge of the conduct but failed to take adequate steps to stop it, the defendants’ ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a disgruntled Home Depot customer sued a store employee for failing to respond to his emails, failing to provide information about an advertisement and refusing to allow an exchange of product, but there were no allegations that she was ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a vendor argued her communications to a government employee’s supervisor were privileged as a matter of law because both parties shared an interest in discussing the employee’s conduct, that argument was rejected. Because Virginia courts have not explicitly extended ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas T. Cullen Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a woman sued the Fairfax County School Board and numerous school officials over her alleged rape, sexual assault and harassment when she was a seventh-grade student, but she failed to plead facts showing that she was been treated differently ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man sued the attorney representing his ex-wife, alleging that she had him arrested and incarcerated without trial, without bail and against his will, but the record showed the man was arrested as a result of his ex-wife’s complaint, ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where certain of Altria Group Inc.’s directors and officers reached a settlement with shareholders who alleged they breached their fiduciary duties, the shareholders’ counsel was awarded $15 million in attorney’s fees. Although counsel sought $17.5 million in fees, the amount ...

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

Where a former Virginia Tech student alleged that the university violated his procedural Due Process rights, but he failed to identify a policy or custom that conferred a property right in continued enrollment, this claim was dismissed. Background John Doe ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a former candidate for the U.S. Senate alleged that multiple media companies defamed him by describing him as a “felon,” although he was convicted and served one year in prison for a federal conspiracy offense that is classified as ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Roger L. Gregory Tort