Although a former affirmative action specialist for a global corporation claims she suffered disability discrimination and unlawful retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act when employer did not promote her and eliminated her position while she ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An insurance company has a duty to defend a public storage company against a physician-client’s claim that the Public Storage and codefendant Sam’s Contracting Inc. are liable under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for the unlawful removal and destruction of ...

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

A male postal employee who contends he was unfairly targeted by his female supervisor and discriminated against with discipline over unauthorized overtime and other issues, has his suit alleging employment discrimination dismissed by the Newport News U.S. District Court. On ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant convicted of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone within 1,000 feet of an elementary school has her conviction set aside under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to her lawyer’s ineffective assistance of counsel during the plea negotiation process, in this ...

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

A borrower cannot avoid foreclosure on his property with arguments that the entities seeking to foreclose do not have the necessary authority, according to the Alexandria U.S. District Court. Plaintiffs’ assertions that none of the defendants “has authority under the ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk federal district court grants plaintiff RMS Titanic Inc.’s motion for a salvage award in this suit filed Nov. 30, 2007, of 100 percent of the fair market value of the artifacts recovered in the 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court awards attorney’s fees and costs to plaintiff in this lawsuit in which plaintiff, a “Fixed Base Operator” of airport concessions and services for noncommercial aviation industries, sues defendant competitor; the court says defendant’s conduct under ...

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

Although plaintiff, a former software salesman, alleges he suffers from bipolar disorder, he has failed to properly allege that this impairment substantially limits him in a major life activity, and an Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses his employment discrimination suit ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Finding that “numerous other judges in this court have already addressed the exact same legal issues in thorough memorandum opinions and orders,” an Alexandria U.S. District Court orders judgment for defendants in their effort to foreclose on plaintiff’s property. Specifically, ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A borrower who sues under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and to quiet title in his home, which has been foreclosed upon, should not be allowed to file an amended complaint, recommends a magistrate judge for the Alexandria U.S. ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District