A half-million dollar settlement against a large Virginia employer serves to remind all Virginia federal contractors of the enforcement powers of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), which regulates the employment practices of government contractors. An article discussing the OFCCP’s recent enforcement action, entitled “OFCCP Settles Race Bias Claims […]
On August 13, Nina Ginsberg was sworn in as Second Vice President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) at the Association’s 59th annual meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. Nina has been an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for decades. She served three terms on the Board of […]
The firm is proud to announce that the following attorneys have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© for their achievement in certain fields of law. Bernard J. DiMuro (Commercial Litigation, and Ethics and Professional Responsibility) Nina J. Ginsberg (Criminal Defense – General Practice and White-Collar) Jonathan R. Mook (Employment Law – Management) C. […]
Transgender individual’s rights have become a headline issue in civil rights law. At the forefront of these often controversial discussions is the Gloucester County School Board case about a transgender high school student’s right to use the bathroom matching his gender identity. This case has spent the last year going back and forth between the […]
InvestPic and the inventor, Samir Varma, appealed the PTAB’s decisions in two related re-examination proceedings, one initiated by IBM Corp. and SAS Institute Inc. and the other by SAS alone. The Federal Circuit agreed that the board erred regarding two claim phrases. For more information on the Court’s ruling, click here.
For many years, Form 18 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provided a very basic format for pleading claims of direct patent infringement. The bright line standard provided by Form 18 largely avoided controversy over the level of detail required to plead a claim for patent infringement. The Federal Judicial Conference, however, repealed Form […]
On June 2, 2016 the Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a $603,409.90 verdict that DiMuroGinsberg obtained for its client in Thorsen v. Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. represented the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in this legal malpractice dispute against Richmond lawyer James Thorsen. In 2003, […]
Public restroom use by transgender individuals has become a highly publicized and controversial issue. Public interest groups, social media, and law makers at all levels of government are weighing in on restroom policies and laws popping up across the country. The situation is no different here in Virginia, where the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals […]
DiMuroGinsberg attorneys discuss how the new Defend Trade Secrets Act offers important protections for your company’s intellectual property. On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act, 18 USC § 1831 et seq. (“DTSA”), which contains important provisions affecting companies and employers of all sizes. The DTSA amends the Economic […]
