Efforts by pharmaceutical defendants to quickly dispose of a suit alleging they didn’t use commercially reasonable efforts to market and sell a prescription drug failed because the complaint plausibly alleged they were liable under a successor liability theory and breached ...

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

Where a transgender plaintiff alleged that one DMV employee specifically adopted a dress code policy that was directed at her, and that a second employee forced her to resign shortly after she “begin presenting” as a female, those allegations  were ...

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

Two defense attorneys for a man charged in a multi-count drug, money laundering and racketeering conspiracy were disqualified because they were being paid, in part, by a potential co-conspirator, giving rise to “an actual serious conflict” that could not be ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Arlington County employee who was terminated during his probationary period failed to show his disability was the reason for the termination or that he was subjected to a hostile work environment. The evidence showed he was not meeting the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a detailed and largely accurate tip from a reliable confidential informant, together with police knowledge of the defendant’s involvement in a prior drug trafficking investigation, his criminal history and his presence at a hotel known for drug trafficking provided ...

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

Although an employer argued its method of calculating benefits for retirees electing joint and survivor annuities under its defined benefit retirement plan was reasonable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, testimony from the plaintiff’s expert witness about the appropriate ...

Tagged with: Judge Douglas E. Miller Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee’s interview performance for one position and her lack of qualifications for a second were the reasons she was not promoted to either of the two positions, rather than her age or race. Background This employment discrimination matter arises ...

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

Where a professor failed to timely file a discrimination claim against a university, he cannot reopen the time for filing the discrimination claim by filing a retaliation claim based on an email in which the university simply reiterated its refusal ...

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

Where a borrower claims she did not retain counsel because she relied on a bank representative that foreclosure of her home was “on hold,” and that a lawyer would have  challenged the validity of the appointment of the substitute trustee ...

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

A defense attorney for a man charged in a multicount drug, money laundering and racketeering conspiracy was disqualified where he was being paid, in part, by a potential co-conspirator, giving rise to “an actual serious conflict” that could not be ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District