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		<title>No ADA Claim from Leave Denial&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/21/no-ada-claim-from-leave-denial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An employee of a chain-store distribution center who filed his disability discrimination claim with the EEOC before he filed his Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition has standing to pursue his discrimination claim, the 4th Circuit says, but the claim has no merit as the employee did not show he could perform the essential functions of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Worker’s USERRA Claim Too Late&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A chief warrant officer in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves, who left his job as a municipal waste manager for periods of active service with the Coast Guard, waited too long to file his suit under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and the 4th Circuit affirms the district court decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Upholds Denial of Substation Expansion&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gas company seeking to expand its natural gas substation in Prince George’s County, Md., cannot challenge the county’s denial of their request in this federal lawsuit; the 4th Circuit affirms the district court decision dismissing the company’s claim under the state’s “mandatory referral statute” and granting summary judgment to the county on state and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competency Standard for Pro Se Defendant&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/14/competency-standard-for-pro-se-defendant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although defendant had a long history of mental illness and questionable capacity to represent himself at his trial on drug and firearm charges, the district court applied the correct standard and its decision to allow the pro se representation and defendant’s conviction are affirmed by the 4th Circuit. Defendant raises two principal issues on appeal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grenade in Closet Not ‘Exigent Circumstances’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/25/grenade-in-closet-not-exigent-circumstances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exigent circumstances did not justify an officer’s warrantless entry into a locked closet in the home of a man who had been removed from the home in response to a domestic violence call; the 4th Circuit said a report by the man’s wife that he kept a grenade in the closet was not enough to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No ADA Claim from Back Pain, Lifting Limits&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/11/no-ada-claim-from-back-pain-lifting-limits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former employee of an American Red Cross Chapter has no grounds for his suit alleging disability discrimination based on his allegations that he was expected to exceed a 15-pound limit on lifting due to his back pain and was fired after he complained about his pain and inquired about filing for workers’ compensation; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Loss Rule Bars ‘Trimboard’ Suit&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/07/economic-loss-rule-bars-trimboard-suit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Circuit upholds dismissal of a putative class action complaint filed by plaintiff homeowners alleging defendant Louisiana-Pacific Corporation negligently designed and manufactured Trimboard, a composite building product used for exterior trim in homes plaintiffs purchased. The district court dismissed claims for negligence and violation of the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swearing-in held for new 4th Circuit judge&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/04/swearing-in-held-for-new-4th-circuit-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The newest member of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is formally joining the court after a swearing-in ceremony in West Virginia. Stephanie Dawn Thacker of Hamlin, W.Va., has already heard cases after being confirmed by the Senate back in April. She formally joined the Richmond-based appeals court when she took [...]]]></description>
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