Where the plaintiff moved to enjoin a possible criminal prosecution by the Augusta County Commonwealth Attorney for violating Virginia Code § 18.2-186.4, which makes it unlawful to publish a person’s name, photograph or home address when the publisher acted “with ...

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

A lawsuit alleging discrimination and wrongful termination lodged by a former executive of a Southwest Virginia bank against her previous employer was dismissed by a federal judge last month. Senior U.S. District Judge James P. Jones of the U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Employment Law Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District wrongful termination

Where a former Liberty University employee alleged he was subjected to a hostile work environment based upon his race, sexual orientation, religion and the intersection of his religion and sexual orientation, but he never informed any relevant university authority of ...

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

Where a former bank executive claimed she was terminated because she was “a strong-willed woman” and a Catholic, but her termination was part of a reduction in force based on cost and job performance, the bank is granted summary judgment. ...

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

Where a taxpayer asked the IRS not to process an income tax refund because his identity had been stolen, the IRS stated that the refund was stopped, but the IRS nevertheless sent the refund to the fraudster, the IRS is ...

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

Where an insurance carrier sought to intervene in an underlying tort suit in order to stay the matter pending determination of coverage issues in a parallel lawsuit, but its motion was not filed until more than 17 months after this ...

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

Where the Town of Front Royal retained an attorney to conduct an investigation into a town clerk’s discrimination complaints, it must produce communications regarding the investigation, the attorney’s conclusions and her advice about any remedial measures to address the alleged ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

Where employees of a waterproofing company alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors, and the Virginia-based plaintiffs alleged that this practice was not limited to Virginia, the court conditionally certified a nationwide class under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or ...

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

Where a company promised to “pay all premiums required to maintain such coverage under the Group Medical Plan,” that didn’t require the company to keep retirees on the same plan as active employees. Instead the plan required the company only ...

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

Where the prime contractor on an Army construction project alleged it was required to assume the subcontractor’s work in an effort to mitigate its current and future subcontract breaches, and that it was required to make over $9 million in ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District