August 31, 2023
A former Hewlett Packard employee asked the full Fourth Circuit to review his lawsuit alleging he was fired for requesting accommodations during work events because of arthritis in his toe, arguing an appeals panel's decision moves the goalposts for bringing disability-related retaliation claims.
August 16, 2023
The Fourth Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a fired Hewlett Packard worker's suit alleging he was fired for requesting assistance during work trips because of arthritis in his toe, backing a lower court's determination that his disability-related retaliation claim wasn't fit for a jury trial.
March 09, 2023
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission struggled to convince a Fourth Circuit panel Thursday that an Americans with Disabilities Act retaliation claim brought by a fired Hewlett-Packard worker can bring the kind of monetary damages that guarantee a jury trial.
March 01, 2023
The Fourth Circuit is set to hear from a former Amtrak conductor looking to revive her race bias suit over allegedly excessive drug tests, and a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-backed worker who wants another shot at his disability bias suit against a Hewlett-Packard spinoff. Here are five oral argument sessions slated for March that are worth keeping tabs on.
December 12, 2022
A significant swath of amicus briefs the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fired off in 2022 argued that trial courts are bucking 16-year-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent on retaliation cases, friction that experts say is driven by ambiguity in the justices' ruling.