Three plaintiffs allege their employer, a software company, failed to pay overtime wages for three years. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
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Let’s be friends: Merged law firms break up in ‘conscious uncoupling’
The split will result in a new Richmond office for Virginia Beach-based Breit Biniazan, while Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci will remain headquartered in the West End.
The Docket: Local court roundup for 1.13.22
A tenant says it is due $51,000 after being overcharged for commercial space. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
The Docket: Local court roundup for 12.30.21
Medical malpractice, injury and loan default claims, plus a radio station operator wants money it says is owed for unpaid advertising. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
2021 legal roundup: LeClairRyan, Matson, Hild dominated headlines
The law firm’s bankruptcy case continues, one of its top attorneys is in prison, and Live Well Financial’s former CEO fights his fraud conviction.
The Docket: Local court roundup for 12.9.21
A medical billing firm claims $2.5 million in damages in a breach of purchase agreement. A solar panel firm says it is due nearly $300,000 for a project in Chesapeake. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
LeClairRyan trustee reaches $10M settlement with firm’s former leaders
Included in the settlement is co-founder and namesake Gary LeClair and two other former CEOs. The money will be paid from an insurance policy.
Former LeClairRyan attorney Matson starts 44-month sentence immediately
A key question during Monday’s hearing was why the former attorney and bankruptcy trustee would steal millions of dollars only to let the funds sit unspent in a bank account.