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A district court properly approved the settlement of a long-running class action suit brought by life insurance policyholders, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Writing for the 4th Circuit in its March 15 opinion, Judge Diana Gribbon ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Class certification Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

An emergency medical services employee adequately alleged a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, under the theory of “overtime gap time,” a panel of the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment on the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Law Fair Labor Standards Act Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Overtime pay

A former Richmond Public Schools teacher can move forward on her Title VII claim for race discrimination against the school district, a federal court judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. determined that the teacher made sufficient ...

Tagged with: Employment Law Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Answering a question of first impression, the Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the filing of a lis pendens is part of a judicial proceeding for purposes of establishing absolute privilege against a defamation claim. However, Judge William C. Mims ...

Tagged with: Justice William C. Mims Lis pendens Supreme Court of Virginia

A former Department of Social Services (DSS) director can move forward on her First Amendment retaliation and wrongful termination claim against a member of the DSS Board and County Board of Supervisors, a federal court judge has ruled. But U.S. ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Thomas T. Cullen retaliation U.S. District Court - Western District wrongful termination

The 4th U.S. Court of Appeals has revived a worker’s claim of same-sex sexual harassment, joining five sister circuits in holding that such plaintiffs aren’t limited to the three distinct evidentiary options outlined in a U.S. Supreme Court decision from ...

Tagged with: Sexual harassment Title IX U.S. Supreme Court

A judge correctly read an ambiguous contract to find that a juice maker had been squeezed by one of its buyers for millions of dollars in rebates that the buyer wasn’t entitled to, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Contract

A former justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, convicted on 11 criminal counts in a week-long trial, challenged his convictions and sought an evidentiary hearing claiming one of the jurors improperly checked her Twitter account during the trial.  But ...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a South Carolina judge’s ruling that found no conflict of interest with either an insurer’s reservation of rights letter to an insured or the actions of the attorney provided to the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals South Carolina Supreme Court

The neighbors of a North Carolina hog farm have reportedly reached a deal with the company that owns the farm after the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict holding the owners liable for compensatory and punitive damages ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephanie D. Thacker Nuisance law