Where the wife and a company owned by a man who allegedly engaged in a “rent-a-tribe” scheme in order to make usurious short-term loans moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, their motion was denied. The complaint plausibly alleged ...

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

Where a company alleged that Lockheed Martin and other defendants conspired to “cut it out” as the broker for a large, complex international military procurement transaction, but the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the tort claims, and the antitrust ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Tort

Where an unhappy litigant sued to have a federal judge disciplined or disbarred, his suit was dismissed. Virginia law does not allow a private individual to bring an action in Virginia courts to discipline an attorney. And the judge was ...

Tagged with: Judge Deborah K. Chasanow Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a student dismissed from the East Carolina University School of Social Work’s Master’s Degree program sued the university alleging that its decision discriminated against her in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, the university was granted ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Tort

Where employees working for the subcontractor of a government prime contractor accepted more than $1 million in kickbacks, a civil penalty in that amount was imposed against the government contractor under the strict liability provision of the Anti-Kickback Act. Background ...

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

Where a former athlete at the College of William and Mary, or W&M, alleged that a W&M administrator surveilled her at the request of the women’s basketball coach, and that the coach then threatened to remove her from the team ...

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

Where the court previously dismissed with prejudice a suit brought by disgruntled bank customers for failure to state a claim, their current complaint — which was their fifth complaint — was substantially similar to the previously filed complaints and the ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a customer’s personally identifiable information, or PII, was compromised during a data breach, but there were no facts sufficient to show a substantial risk of harm, he has not suffered an injury in fact and therefore does not have ...

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

Where the owner of a franchisor sued a man associated with one of its franchisees for defamation, but there was already a lawsuit between the franchisor and franchisee’s owner pending in Illinois federal district court, this suit was transferred to ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a man challenging responses he received in response to his Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, requests failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as to two requests, those claims were dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Background John ...

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