Tang v. Eastern Virginia Medical School, No. 2:2020cv00575 - Document 46 (E.D. Va. 2022)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION re 31 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Roderick C. Young on 3/30/22. (jhie, )

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Dockets.Justia.com MEMORANDUM OPINION I. BACKGROUND Tang v. Eastern Virginia Medical School Doc. 46 Id. Id. Id. Id. II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY III. LEGAL STANDARD Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. DiSciullo v. Griggs & Co. Homes Emmett v. Johnson McDonnell Douglas Lighty v. Gates Hudson & Assocs., Inc. Briscoe v. W.A. Chester, LLC Foster v. Univ. of Maryland-E. Shore McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas Conyers v. Virginia Hous. Dev. Auth. Id. McDonnell Douglas v. Green Lighty IV. ANALYSIS A. Count Two: Disparate Treatment on the Basis of Race and Ethnicity in Violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 prima facie Cepada v. Bd. of Educ. of Baltimore Cty. White v. BFI Waste Servs., LLC Cepada James v. Booz– Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Id. Boone v. Goldin 1. Removal from PhD Committee Id. Id. James 2. Negative Performance Evaluation Shetty v. Hampton Univ. 3. Students Steered Away from her Courses and Mentorship 4. Deprivation of Plaintiff’s Employment Benefit by permitting Dr. Svyatova to misappropriate her EDTA disclosure Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. See 5. EVMS’s Removal of Dr. Svyatova From Plaintiff’s Lab but Permitting Dr. Svyatova to take Plaintiff’s Research Barclay White Skanska, Inc. v. Battelle Mem'l Inst. Gilmour v. Gates, McDonald & Co Cloaninger ex rel. Est. of Cloaninger v. McDevitt Hawke v. Discovery Commc'ns, LLC See supra B. Counts Three and Four: Retaliation in violation of Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 prima facie King v. Rumsfeld Inc. Honor v. Booz-Allen Hamilton, Inc. 1. Protected Activity Williams v. Cerberonics, Betourney v. GKN Driveline Newton, LLC Stennis v. Bowie State Univ. DeMasters v. Carilion Clinic Conyers Gray v. Walmart Stores, Inc. Richardson v. Richland Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One Id. 2. Materially Adverse Action Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White Perkins v. Int'l Paper Co. N. Rochon v. Gonzales Burlington Burlington N Id. Csicsmann v. Sallada Burlington N. Cloaninger ex rel. Est. of Cloaninger Id. Staggers v. Becerra Burlington N. Thorn v. Sebelius Colfield v. Safeway Inc C. Counts Seven and Eight: Violations of the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act Space Sys./Loral, LLC v. Orbital ATK, Inc. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Advanced Fluid Sys., Inc. v. Huber DTM Rsch., L.L.C. v. AT&T Corp. Id. Id. Advanced Fluid Sys. DTM Rsch DTM Rsch. Id. Advanced Fluid Sys. Id. ee also DTM Rsch. during the course of contract negotiations Id. Advanced Fluid Sys. BlueEarth Biofuels, LLC v. Hawaiian Elec. Co. Advanced Fluid Sys . BlueEarth Id. Anderson v. Fluor Intercontinental, Inc. MicroStrategy Inc. v. Li Signature Flight Support, LLC v. Carroll Trident Prod. & Servs., LLC v. Canadian Soiless Wholesale, Ltd. Trident Prod. & Servs., LLC Babcock & Wilcox Co. v. Areva NP, Inc. see also Navar, Inc. v. Fed. Bus. Council V. CONCLUSION Advanced Computer Servs. of Michigan, Inc. v. MAI Sys. Corp. See

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