Where two individuals solved a problem that had prevented an inventor from conducting a successful test of his invention, and the invention would not have been viable without their efforts, they will be added as co-inventors to the US and ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a former retail store employee alleged that her termination for refusing to wear a mask at work was in violation of federal and state law, her declaratory judgment claim was dismissed. Her claims and rights have fully matured and ...

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

Where an employee was placed on a performance improvement plan and terminated soon after he requested an accommodation for his disability and questioned the denial of that request, he plausibly alleged a claim for retaliation. Background Justin Ford alleges that ...

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

Where the police saw an extended magazine sticking out of defendant’s waistband and sitting at an angle that suggested it was attached to a firearm, witnessed him shoving that extended magazine deeper into his pants and saw him continue to ...

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

Where the Virginia Republican Committee chairman concluded that a candidate for office had insufficient signatures on her voter forms, her subsequent suit against the Board of Elections chair was dismissed. The Republican party is a private organization, and no Virginia ...

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

Where a woman argued it was against her Muslim faith to remove her hijab in the presence of mixed gender company with whom she is not directly related, and the state failed to show why it had a compelling interest ...

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

Where the Parole Board explained that it denied parole to the detainee because of the “serious nature and circumstances of [his] offense,” its conclusion that he should “serve more of [his] sentence prior to release on parole” and that to ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Leonie M. Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a customer who suffered the most financial losses as a result of allegedly false and misleading securities statements moved to be appointed as lead plaintiff, his motion was granted. Although some of his losses were as a result of ...

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

Where a former employee of an electric cooperative alleged she was terminated because of her sex, national origin, religion, race and/or age, but there were no allegations showing the decisionmaker exhibited any bias against women, Iraqi-Kurds, Muslims or older workers, ...

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

Where an employee was absent from work for nearly 12 months, she was not able to perform the essential functions of her position, dooming her failure-to-accommodate claim. Background Lolita Matammu’s amended complaint alleges three claims for violations of the Americans ...

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