Although the plaintiff’s attorney agreed, as part of a settlement of a case under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to not bring further claims against Equifax Information Services LLC for 18 months, and Virginia’s ethics rule does not prohibit such ...

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

Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act nor the Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibit an employee from waiving a class or collective action in an otherwise valid contractual agreement. Background Nannette Hutchens asserts that Capital One failed to comply with ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although news organizations sought access to entire execution proceedings, the First Amendment does not support their argument that they must be allowed to witness the steps that precede an actual execution. Background The plaintiffs are news organizations that investigate and ...

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

The Greater Richmond Transit Company engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination by rejecting an animal welfare watchdog’s advertisement on political grounds, while accepting other political advertisements. Background This First Amendment action arises out of the refusal of Greater Richmond Transit Company, ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The trial court correctly determined that the plea agreement between the commonwealth and appellant was a valid contract, which he entered into knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily. Appellant acted in bad faith in moving to withdraw his pleas, and his motion ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Mary Grace O'Brien U.S. District Court - Eastern District

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

In a copyright infringement suit brought by members of the music industry against Cox Communications, the jury’s award of $99,830 for each of the infringing works was supported by the evidence and was not unconstitutional. However, Cox will have an ...

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

Despite efforts by U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes to keep his defamation and conspiracy suit against The Washington Post in the Eastern District of Virginia, the suit was transferred to the District of Columbia federal court. The article at issue was ...

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

CNN won its motion to transfer the libel suit brought by U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes to the Southern District of New York on the grounds that the Eastern District of Virginia was not Nunes’ “home forum,” and most of the ...

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

A church claiming the Virginia governor’s COVID-19 restrictions violate its freedom of religion was denied an injunction pending appeal because it failed to show it was likely to prevail on the merits. And as there is a related judicial proceeding ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen U.S. District Court - Eastern District