A defendant who allegedly moved from New York to Virginia can be prosecuted for failure to update his sex offender registration after traveling in interstate commerce as required under the Sex Offender Registration & Notification Act,18 U.S.C. § 2250(a), as ...

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

Plaintiffs, Virginia antique firearms dealers, can sue a Kentucky defendant in Alexandria U.S. District Court, for intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from the dealer’s alleged false reports to other gun dealers and to federal prosecutors in Kentucky about plaintiffs’ ...

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

Applying Twombly and Iqbal, a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a plaintiff’s complaint that defendant Equity One violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by illegally accessing plaintiff’s credit reports. According to the complaint, the inadequate data matching and public record ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant, a lawyer for a condominium unit owners’ association, in this 42 U.S.C. § 1981 suit filed by an African-American building manager who alleges he was terminated because of his race. ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Virginia sister fighting with her Texas brother over trust assets was offered her day in court in Texas, and the default judgment against her in a Texas proceeding to confirm the arbitration award that gave the brother an interest ...

Tagged with: Judge T. Rawles Jones Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District Wills & Trusts

Although defendant Travelers Insurance paid for property damage from a fire under a homeowners policy, a Norfolk U.S. District Court says the policy’s Business Pursuits Exclusion and its Rental Exclusion preclude coverage for personal injuries to a renter who alleged ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff CGL carrier summary judgment and holds it has no duty to defend or indemnify defendant developer in a lawsuit presently pending in state court for alleged damages caused to adjacent property by land ...

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

A carpenter hired to do trim work on a home under construction was “using” his box van when he left it parked on the property, and a Newport News U.S. District Court says he has coverage under his State Farm ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this action arising out of an alleged bid-rigging scheme among certain European and American companies with respect to rates charged to the U.S. government for transport of military personnel and their families to and from duty posts in Europe, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Consumer lawyers in Virginia have been mounting an onslaught of legal challenges to foreclosures. Some of their tactics have succeeded, including a challenge based on a HUD lender’s failure to schedule a face-to-face meeting with a homeowner before foreclosure. Another ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Richard L. Williams U.S. District Court - Eastern District