An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s suit alleging an automatic phone call to his cell phone from a government contractor to alert him of a deadline for purchasing health care insurance under the Affordable Care Act, violated the Telephone ...

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

U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, who has mentored scores of interns and law clerks over a 24-year judicial career, has announced he will retire from the bench this fall. Lee, known for longstanding efforts to promote diversity in the ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff company’s suit alleging fraud and breach of contract regarding the parties’ Stock Purchase Agreement, including plaintiff’s claim seeking indemnification for a New Mexico tax assessment for an office that defendant seller allegedly concealed from plaintiff in the SPA, ...

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

A plaintiff’s claim that defendant DIRECTV obtained his consumer report from  Equifax, despite the fact that plaintiff never had an account with DIRECTV, unaccompanied by any specific allegations of harm or actual damages to plaintiff, does not show that plaintiff ...

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

A pro se plaintiff who served both defendants via priority mail and a tracking number has used a method of service of process that is not accepted under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 or Virginia law, and the Alexandria U.S. ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who claims defendants borrowed heavily from his 2008 book for the first season of their Fox television series Empire cannot sue defendant creators and producers of the series for copyright infringement, as his allegation that a Virginia lawyer ...

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

A chief operating officer for a consulting firm that works with public sector entities cannot rebut his employer’s claim that he was demoted, then fired, for his failure to investigate a client agency’s complaint against an employee and failure to ...

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

Defendant mobile home park wins summary judgment in this fair housing suit filed by plaintiffs from El Salvador and Bolivia who alleged defendant discriminates against them by requiring tenants who seek lease renewal to present certain documents relating to their ...

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

A patient cannot sue a dentist under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act as part of a dental malpractice claim, a federal judge in Alexandria has ruled. The VCPA claim involved alleged fraud, based on how much the dentist told the ...

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

Plaintiffs who used defendant marina owner’s 1999 Jeep to tow a dinghy up from plaintiffs’ rented boat slip, and who allege they were injured when the Jeep, placed in Park, rolled back into plaintiffs as they attempted to secure the ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Judge M. Hannah Lauck Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District