The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the district courts' official online bulletins.
U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
National Shopmen Pension Fund v. Newark Wire Works Inc.
(No. 13-CV-00189, February 13)
Assigned to Judge Rosemary Collyer. Employment Retirement Income Security Act. Demand: $3.05 million. Attorney for plaintiffs: Marc Rifkind, Slevin & Hart, Washington.
Buchwald v. Citibank N.A.
(No. 13-CV-00210, February 18)
Assigned to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. Notice of removal. Diversity: contract. Attorneys for plaintiff: Jonathan Cuneo and Matthew Miller, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Washington. Attorney for defendant: Virginia Barnhart, Treanor Pope & Hughes, Towson, Md.
U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENBELT, MD.
Western Union Financial Services Inc. v. Red Partners LLC
(No. 13-CV-00470, February 13)
Assigned to Judge Deborah Chasanow. Diversity: breach of contract. Demand: $92,000. Attorney for plaintiff: Gerard Miles Sr . , Huesman, Jones and Miles, Hunt Valley, Md.
The Hanover Insurance Co. v. Persaud Cos. Inc.
(No. 13-CV-00472, February 13)
Assigned to Judge Roger Titus. Diversity: contract. Demand: $254,000. Attorneys for plaintiff: David Gilliss and Eric Korphage, Pike & Gilliss, Timonium, Md.
Davis, Sita & Co. v. International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium Inc.
(No. 13-CV-00492, February 15)
Assigned to Judge Peter Messitte. Trademark infringement. Demand: $100,000. Attorneys for plaintiff: Ari Meltzer and David Weslow, Wiley Rein, Washington.
U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Merrikh v. American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-3
(No. 13-CV-00209, February 13)
Assigned to Judge Gerald Bruce Lee. Notice of removal. Federal question: torts to land. Attorneys for plaintiff: Christopher Brown, Brown, Brown & Brown, Alexandria, Va.; Katherine Martell, First Point Law Group, Fairfax, Va. Attorneys for defendants: Michael Kieval, Weiner Brodsky Kider, Washington, and Tessa Somers, Weiner Brodsky Kider, Washington; Abby Moynihan, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, Laurel, Md.
Montblanc-Simplo GmbH v. 8MontBlancPens.com
(No. 13-CV-00492, February 15)
Assigned to Judge Gerald Bruce Lee. Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Attorney for plaintiff: John Jennison, Jennison & Shultz, Arlington, Va.
