A police officer who used his “find-and-bite” patrol dog to search for a 13-year-old boy reportedly suffering from alcohol intoxication and hypothermia has qualified immunity from the boy’s suit for violation of his Fourth Amendment rights after the police dog ...

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Saying defendant is trying to create an exception to the automobile exception to the warrant requirement, the 4th Circuit rejects defendant’s claim that police should not have been allowed to search a car parked on the street in front of ...

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In this FOIA action arising from an earlier patent suit brought by New Technology Patents Inc., a client of Hunton & Williams, against Research In Motion Ltd., manufacturer of BlackBerry devices, the 4th Circuit affirms the district court conclusion that ...

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A poultry processing plant is not required under the Fair Labor Standards Act to pay employees for “donning and doffing” protective gear, as that activity constitutes “changing clothes,” and the 4th Circuit affirms a judgment that allowed the plant to ...

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has come down hard on a strategy that may have been used to keep lawyers from removing cases to federal court. The tactic: The U.S. Code allows for an award of attorney’s fees ...

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