A Charlottesville lawyer has been arrested and charged with trying to extort $200 million from a chemical company with promises to protect the company from further liability exposure. After being tipped to the alleged scheme of Timothy Litzenburg, federal law ...

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Where a driver was detained by an officer because the driver’s signature on the traffic summons did not match the signature on his license, the officer was entitled to immunity against the driver’s subsequent suit because the “arrest” was supported ...

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

Where an employee alleged her boss accessed her personal email, Google and Facebook accounts without authorization, the employer’s motion to dismiss claims brought under federal and state computer trespass statutes was denied by the court. Background Maureen Hains brings this ...

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

Although a provider of ambulance services claimed it was being thwarted by the City of Richmond’s refusal to grant a permit for EMS vehicles, the law allows the city to limit the number of EMS vehicles and gives it “absolute ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where plaintiffs in a civil rights case sued an incorrect party, otherwise failed to state a claim and included two defendants who were entitled to immunity, the federal claims were dismissed and the court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over ...

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

Where Richmond Public Schools, or RPS, failed to properly train its employees on what constitutes reasonable suspicion for a drug or alcohol test of an employee, a jury will decide if its conduct toward a teaching assistant who allegedly reported ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a real estate developer’s agreement to purchase property for residential development fell through because of a pipeline easement held by a gas transmission company, the developer failed to allege claims for inverse condemnation, unlawful taking, breach of contract and ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Per Curiam Opinion Tort

Where a former employee failed to demonstrate that his employer defrauded him into believing he would receive a commission, or that a company client tortuously interfered with his employment contract, these tort claims were dismissed, leaving only a breach of ...

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

Where the publisher of romance novels sued another publisher for claiming plagiarism, claims for defamation, tortious interference and conspiracy were dismissed, leaving only a claim under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA. Background This case arises from a dispute ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the fraternal order of Freemasons sued a splinter group that started their own chapter for unlawfully holding itself out as an extension of the original organization, the fraud, tortious interference and intellectual property claims were properly dismissed. Background This ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Pamela A. Harris Tort