U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
The Eastern District of Virginia continues to influence the national debate over President Trump’s new Executive Order on immigration. Judge Anthony Trenga of the EDVA offered one of the first wins for the Government when he denied immediate injunctive relief against the new Executive Order. While Judge Trenga’s opinion was
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will sit en banc to hear the latest appeal regarding President Trump’s second Executive Order regarding immigration. All active judges of the Fourth Circuit will now participate in oral argument scheduled for May 8th in Richmond, instead of the customary three-judge panel. This decision
The Fourth Circuit will hear en banc the oral argument today at 2:30 pm in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump. For the first time (that we know) the Court will allow a live audio broadcast of proceedings. Earlier this year the Ninth Circuit permitted the live audio broadcast of
In writing for the majority in the Fourth Circuit’s May 25, 2017 en banc decision on the second Immigration Order, Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory pulled no punches. The combined opinions of the Court in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump (No. 17-1351) span 206 pages, but in the opening
The Supreme Court of Virginia recently addressed conspirator civil liability under the Virginia Business Conspiracy Act, Va. Code §§ 18.2-499 and -500. Borrowing from Illinois law, the Court recited that “[t]he function of the conspiracy claim is to extend liability in tort beyond the active wrongdoers to those who have
The Supreme Court of Virginia released three decisions in recent months that provide added guidance on attorney’s fees awards. While these are state court decisions, it is Virginia law, not federal law, that governs attorney’s fees awards on matters arising under Virginia law in the federal courts. For example, attorney’s
Readers of the EDVA Update have followed our coverage of the challenges to President Trump’s multiple immigration Executive Orders, including challenges starting in both the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Maryland. While President Trump received an initial loss and then a qualified win in the Eastern District,