42 results for 'judge:"Conrad"'.
J. Conrad grants the father of a child who was illegally taken from Peru to the U.S. his petition for return of the child. The mother, originally from Venezuela, fled to Peru to escape political oppression, then met the child’s father, who is from Peru. On a trip to visit relatives in the U.S., the mother refused to return to Peru and would not let the father take the child back to Peru either. The mother has not shown sufficient evidence proving a grave risk of harm to the child if they returned to Peru.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 3:24cv226, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Family Law, International Law
[Consolidated.] J. Conrad partially grants a medical supply company’s motion to compel following allegations of fraud it brought against two people affiliated with a wholesaler with whom the company did business. The company claims these two individuals stole at least $200 million from the wholesale business so that it could not pay the company for services rendered. The people’s accountant claims that the motion to compel was not served properly and that the subpoena was not valid. However, he fails to show sufficient evidence of these claims and, thus, must provide some of the paperwork requested.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: April 2, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv501, NOS: Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgment - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Accounting Malpractice, Contract
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[Consolidated.] J. Conrad denies a father dismissal of claims contending he illegally diverted funds from the family road construction business because evidence indicates the father failed to make payments after agreeing to pay back monies he took without board approval.
Court: North Carolina Business Court, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: February 28, 2024, Case #: 2024-NCBC-13, Categories: Contract
J. Conrad orders a pre-filing review system imposed on any documents filed by a man for his abuse of the court and entrance of frivolous filings, including the current ones against a host of judges, courts, lawyers and firms, banks and his former employer. Despite warnings, the man filed an omnibus motion against all the parties after having been asked to submit one page as to why he should not subject to the pre-filing review system.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: January 18, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv423, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Procedure, Judiciary
J. Conrad grants a mortgage company’s renewed motion for preliminary injunction and request for finding of contempt against a similar lender in this ongoing trade secrets and unfair competition suit. The company’s first injunction was granted on Nov. 3, 2023, but the company presents convincing evidence that certain staff members of the lender continued to recruit the company’s workers to itself during litigation and after the injunction date. The company also offers sufficient evidence that the lender stole its confidential information in order to compete directly with it as well as to steal clients.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: January 4, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv633, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Contempt, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition
J. Conrad grants a host of judges, courts and the federal government, among others, their motion to dismiss claims of a conspiracy against a man involving the Eastern District of Tennessee’s Electronic Case Filing system. The man failed to timely respond to the motion to dismiss and his claims lack any basis. Further, the man has a considerable record of making frivolous complaints and will therefore be subject to a pre-filing review system to prevent continued abuse and harassment of the court should he choose to bring future actions.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: December 15, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv423, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Communications, Government, Damages
J. Conrad declines to dismiss certain claims in which plaintiffs contend a hospital provided their sensitive medical information to the owner of Facebook because plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded common law negligence due to the hospital's mishandling of their confidential information.
Court: North Carolina Business Court, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: December 5, 2023, Case #: 2023NCBC82, Categories: Negligence, Privacy
J. Conrad orders one mortgage company to identify all devices that another lender gave to employees of the mortgage company when they previously worked for the lender. This is because the lender accuses said employees of violations of restrictive covenants, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition when they began working for the company. The company denies any wrongdoing and argues the lender has no right to inspect the devices, nor to continue soliciting the employees for them. However, the order stipulates the company must present the devices for inspection to continue litigation.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: November 3, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv633, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, Contract
J. Conrad grants members of a class of employees its settlement for Coca-Cola’s failure to pay them after payroll software company Kronos was hacked and offline for over two months in 2021 and 2022. The settlement and attorney fees and costs motions are unopposed and, therefore, granted.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: October 18, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv214, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Attorney Fees, Class Action, Labor
J. Conrad adopts the magistrate judge’s memorandum and recommendation because neither party in this breach of contract suit has challenged it. One party, a pharmaceutical supplies distribution firm, moves to dismiss allegations brought by the other, a medical supplies manufacturer, regarding an agreement they made to capitalize on supplies during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The manufacturer claims the firm expressly went against the contract by seeking out one of its clients to do business directly and sell billions of dollars’ worth of tests, but the firm argues that the manufacturer directed it to do so. While the manufacturer did put the two in touch, the firm fails to evidence that the manufacturer directed it to contract with its client. Thus, the manufacturer’s claim survives the motion to dismiss.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: October 2, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv501, NOS: Recovery of Overpayment & Enforcement of Judgment - Contract, Categories: Enforcement Of Judgments, Contract
J. Conrad partially grants a former CEO of a data analytics firm that he founded his motion to dismiss an apparent claim of disgorgement because it is actually a request for a remedy in this trade secrets suit brought by the firm. The CEO suggested beginning a subsidiary of the firm based in China because the firm was struggling to succeed in that market. The CEO then secretly began a separate, Chinese-based company without notifying the firm’s board. Although he is granted dismissal as to engorgement, he is denied as to unjust enrichment for the profits he secretly made for years before the firm’s board found out.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv683, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, Business Practices
J. Conrad grants a group of former employees of the Charlotte Fire Department and the department itself’s motions for enforcement of settlement. The group members sued the department for various grievances including race and gender discrimination during their time working there. Both parties reached a reasonable settlement agreement wherein group members will be awarded lump sums including damages, pension-eligible back wages, sick leave and attorney fees and costs.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: August 30, 2023, Case #: 3:18cv612, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Attorney Fees