The court concluded there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions for sex trafficking and related drug counts. However, as a result of a Fourth Circuit decision issued after trial and post-trial briefing, the court granted the defendant’s motion for ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A school superintendent who allegedly insinuated the former Chief Technology and Information Officer, or CTIO, engaged in dishonest conduct will face claims for defamation and denial of due process for failing to provide the employee a hearing before the information ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a pipeline was denied permits for construction based on zoning regulations that had been enacted so that the county could participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, the regulations did not thereby achieve the status of federal law, and ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District Zoning

Employees who were laid off when the manufacturing facility they worked at was closed and claimed that their employer failed to provide adequate notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act could bring a class action suit against their ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the addition of a new defendant destroyed the court’s diversity jurisdiction and the plaintiff had already obtained a preliminary injunction against another defendant, the non-diverse defendant was severed from the case because, despite having an agency relationship with a ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A CEO whose company employed a person allegedly bound by restrictive covenants has been sued by the former employer for tortious interference with contract and business expectancies, statutory conspiracy and aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty. Background The ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

A woman claiming she was injured by a right hip implant failed to demonstrate a defendant that purchased the company that manufactured the allegedly defective product was subject to personal jurisdiction in Virginia. Background On or about Jan. 11, 2010, ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

The court resolved disputes over whether the experts had complied with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence and whether their opinions were properly supported and would aid the court in resolving the issues relevant to ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a student’s claims against her university were based on allegations that students and professors at the university falsely maligned her as being mentally disturbed, the potential harm to the student’s professional reputation did not outweigh the public’s interest in ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a defendant was entitled to an award of attorney’s fees because the court had granted the defendant’s motion to compel, the requested fees were reduced because the amount of time defendant’s counsel spent on the motion was excessive given ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Pamela Meade Sargent U.S. District Court - Western District