A woman who allegedly notified Capital One about her stolen credit card and continued to dispute her credit card bills, cannot sue for alleged harassment and breach of contract based on claims that the collection agency continued to call her ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this case involving a contract dispute among several telecommunications carriers over fees that defendant carriers have agreed to pay plaintiff carriers for the use of plaintiff’s local telephone network facilities, a magistrate judge for the Richmond U.S. District Court ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although district courts have held that under some circumstances, overpayments of recording or title search fees may be treated as part of the finance charge, in this case, these charges were imposed by a closing agent and are only included ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a relator’s False Claims Act suit alleging defendant Strayer University engaged in “false certification” for participation in federal financial aid programs, as the action is based upon a “public disclosure” of the alleged conduct. ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court says the commonwealth is the real party in interest in this suit against Supportkids Inc., a Texas company that operates as a private child support collection company, and finding that it has no jurisdiction in ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies the government summary judgment in this civil forfeiture action seeking $79,650 seized from a Bank of America account belonging to a 58-year-old Ethiopian businessman who allegedly made structured deposits into the account with the ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Ivan D. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court upholds a bankruptcy court’s denial of a bank’s motion for reconsideration of a decision that granted a bankruptcy trustee’s counterclaim to avoid a bank’s deed of trust and gain title to certain real estate, to ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant bank’s foreclosure on residential real estate violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Nothing in plaintiff’s conclusory allegations provides a plausible basis for relief after considering the settled law of ...

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

In this patent infringement case involving direct competitors in the business of making and selling air cushion products and apparatus, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants defendant Free-Flow Packaging International’s motion for summary judgment as to the FPI-Pactiv agreement because ...

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

A jail inmate who was diagnosed with a mass in his chest prior to his incarceration, and who repeatedly complained about breathing difficulty, loss of consciousness and other symptoms during his incarceration, may pursue claims for deliberate indifference to his ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District