A defendant was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law on antitrust claims brought by the plaintiff where the jury has a sufficient basis from which to conclude that the defendant’s acquisition of a competitor caused a decrease ...

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

Where bifurcation of defendant’s misappropriation of trade secrets claims did not prejudice the defendant’s ability to defend against plaintiff’s antitrust and breach of contract claims and the verdict in the antitrust and breach of contract trial was amply supported, a ...

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

Where a third party that maintained confidential data for a defendant against whom plaintiffs’ claims had been stayed and the subject data was relevant to plaintiffs’ active claims against another defendant, the third party could produce the data without violating ...

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

After her deposition testimony, a plaintiff was allowed to change an answer by adding information that had been omitted by the court reporter but was not allowed to change another answer from “no” to “yes” where she failed to provide ...

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

The plaintiffs were not entitled to insurance coverage because the relevant agreements only provided coverage if the plaintiffs were sued for conduct of another company. Because these plaintiffs are not being sued for the conduct of that other company, and ...

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

A suit against the Trump campaign for allegedly conspiring with Russia and Wikileaks to hack and release Democratic National Committee emails that included information about the plaintiffs was dismissed. The plaintiffs failed to plead essential facts, and some of their ...

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

A plaintiff who sued four defendants, but then experienced difficulty serving them, was allowed to amend its complaint to eliminate claims against these defendants. Although the one named-and-served defendant argued it should be allowed to keep the other defendants in ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A federal judge in Richmond has drawn a distinct line in his approach to witnesses who try to use written corrections to get the last word on their deposition answers. The judge said a deponent could correct a missing comment, ...

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

Where a state law prohibited plaintiffs from offering certain postsecondary educational programs without obtaining certification, plaintiffs could proceed on their claim that the law violated their First Amendment rights, but they were unable to demonstrate a likelihood of success on ...

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

An employer that withdrew a job offer to a prospective employee after a physical revealed that the prospective employee had a body mass index that qualified as obese did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act where the employer was ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District