A former Navy officer who nonsuited his claim that The Virginian-Pilot defamed him with an editorial that attacked his “openly racist and anti-Semitic” writings, cannot relitigate his status as a public official and public figure in his re-filed suit, says ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman A. Thomas Norfolk Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

The 4th Circuit has reversed a $323,957 judgment against the president of a computer security company for abuse of process and intentional interference with business expectancy. Worldwide Investigations & Research Inc and BNX Systems are both corporations that provide computer ...

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Although plaintiff incurred expenses to develop a new domain name, Web site and e-mail account after her former husband and business partner allegedly accessed her e-mail account during their divorce proceedings, plaintiff has not alleged the requisite threshold jurisdictional “loss” ...

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

A government contractor has absolute immunity from civil liability for defamation for statements about plaintiff’s billing practices in response to a government contracting officer’s immunity, and defendant contractor’s consultant agreement with plaintiff also allowed defendant’s contracts manager to make the ...

Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although plaintiff business has filed a complaint with the FCC in regard to defendant’s alleged release of a toll-free number the business used to market its products to an “adult” phone hotline, plaintiff nevertheless can pursue its state law claims, ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Marjorie T. Arrington Tort

A bank employee who alleges she was defamed when her employer stated she was terminated for “job abandonment” does not get another chance to try her case after a jury rejected her claim, a Richmond U.S. District Court holds; the ...

Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this action arising from the terrorist bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 in the Port of Aden in Yemen, filed by surviving family members of sailors killed in the attack, a Norfolk U.S. District Court says on remand ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses defendant Kolon Industries’ second amended counterclaim, but grants it leave to amend once more to allege a relevant geographic market and anticompetitive conduct, which may be severed for separate adjudication. This action arises out ...

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

A former Henrico County police investigator, terminated after conflicts with the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney and Henrico police officials over the investigator’s role in a criminal investigation allegedly involving several high-level Richmond government officials, can sue the commonwealth’s attorney and defendant ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge Jay T. Swett Tort

In this contract and tort litigation arising from defendants’ departure from employment with plaintiff specialty insurance company to form their own company, a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiffs’ claim for restitution/unjust enrichment, but declines to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims for ...

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