A Virginia law firm is defending its litigation strategy in a bid to collect more than $165,000 in unpaid bills from a disgruntled client. The client – a defendant in a chemical exposure case – avoided liability with a statute ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Contract fees Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Western District

A company that retained a law firm to represent it in a lawsuit, but then stopped paying the law firm’s invoices, is liable for attorneys’ and expert fees and costs, with the amounts to be determined at an evidentiary hearing. ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Western District

A company constructing a 600-mile natural gas pipeline was awarded an easement after the property owner failed to respond to the complaint in condemnation. The defaulting party was awarded $602.17 in compensation based on the condemnor’s expert opinion. Background This ...

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

As the government has an important interest in prosecuting a defendant charged with the premeditated murder of his cellmate, there will be a hearing to determine whether the defendant will be forced to take antipsychotic medication to restore his competency ...

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

The landowners’ bid to delay a trial over compensation for a natural gas pipeline easement failed, as did their untimely effort to supplement discovery. Moreover, because the landowners failed to provide admissible evidence that the amount of just compensation exceeds ...

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

Eight former female employees failed to provide sufficient facts to support their allegations that Walmart discriminated against them on the basis of sex by paying them less than similarly qualified or less-qualified men and by failing to promote them in ...

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

Documents and information about third-party trademark use and CFA Institute’s efforts to protect its marks are relevant in a trademark infringement suit against the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, although the discovery requests must be limited for proportionality ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

A woman failed in her attempt to hold a spa owner liable for an alleged sexual assault by a masseuse because she could not show his conduct was within the scope of his employment. Background Krysten Lett alleges that Wesley ...

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

Where the government’s evidence applied to the actions of multiple defendants, limiting instructions could protect their rights and judicial economy favored one trial, three defendants’ motions to sever were denied. Background On Sept. 3, 2019, a grand jury returned a ...

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

A bank’s post-judgment argument that the Secretary of Labor could not seek damages on behalf of an employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, was contrary to the plain language of the statute and controlling precedent. Background The Secretary of Labor ...

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