A federal judge in Alexandria ruled that the First Amendment bars a former intelligence consultant from recovering publication-related damages from a conservative activist group for publishing statements recorded during an undercover sting operation.
A federal judge in Virginia threw out a patent declaratory judgment suit by Kuraray America, ruling that Sekisui Chemical’s foreign enforcement actions and a warning letter did not create a live controversy in the United States.
A federal judge applied the Supreme Court's 2025 Medina decision to dismiss with prejudice all four Medicaid Act claims brought on behalf of a severely disabled child whose Virginia Medicaid program refused to fund inpatient treatment at a specialized...
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia refused to dismiss a Muslim Afghan American store manager's claims that Aldi fired him after he reported theft by a colleague and repeatedly denied him his approved Friday prayer accommodation.
A federal judge ordered a Turkish toddler returned to Turkey after rejecting the mother's claims that domestic violence and the father's own conduct in the United States barred repatriation under the Hague Convention.
Eighteen foreign investors who each put $500,000 into a Denver real estate project under the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program lost their bid to litigate securities fraud claims in federal court, as a Virginia judge compelled arbitration against the business...
A Virginia federal court dismissed FCRA furnisher-liability claims brought by a borrower who never received the car his loan was meant to finance, holding that whether the fraud excused repayment is a legal question beyond the reach of credit-reporting law.
A federal judge in Washington has ordered a putative class action alleging systematic race discrimination against African American air marshals to be moved to Virginia, where both sides agree the case belongs.