In an easy-to-read and short opinion, the trial judge in TCC Sports, LLC v. Sports Group, Ltd., Case No. 47397 in the Circuit Court of Loudon County, Virginia, granted in part the injunction petition filed by TCC Sports, as the …
Laws are designed to control, but not displace, the competitive marketplace. Correspondingly, most loss economic opportunities do not provide the losing party with a legal remedy. Take, for example, the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling in Williams v. Dominion Technology Partners, …
Your company operates a website that provides data to paid subscribers that access your website through individual passwords. Your database is so successful that one of your former clients, which is also in a similar business, offers to buy it. …
In a rare move, the Supreme Court of Virginia withdrew its prior opinion in Jaynes v. Commonwealth, issued on February 29, 2008, and effectively reversed itself in a new opinion issued on September 12, 2008. The new opinion can …
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, in Schlegel v. Bank of America, rejected a Virginia business conspiracy claim because “but for” allegations are insufficient to prove a conspiracy. In Schlegel, the plaintiff alleged that one of …
This post was based on the Virginia Supreme Court’s opinion rendered February 29, 2008. That opinion was subsequently withdrawn and a new opinion was issued on September 12, 2008. The post below was edited to remove the link to the …
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed a Virginia statutory business conspiracy claim, holding that the plaintiff’s alleged harm of losing his job is a “personal right as opposed to a business interest.” And, damages to …
The news lately is peppered by the federal governments’ (lack of?) regulation of businesses, but how do state statutes and the common law regulate businesses? That is the question addressed in the article The Use of State Statutes and Common …
If you are a parent with a child in daycare, like me, or private school, you know all too well the difficult choice of selecting the perfect provider. Many providers require you to pay a substantial deposit to secure your …
Courts in many jurisdictions work hard to prevent parties from turning every breach of contract, no matter how egregious, into a tort claim. Plaintiffs often want to add tort claims because they may be able to recover additional compensatory damages …