September 04, 2024
A split Fourth Circuit panel on Wednesday set a standard for the legality of hemp products, although it still found that a real estate company worker claiming she was illegally fired for testing positive for a THC substance didn't back her disability bias claims.
January 23, 2024
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday appeared dubious of reviving a North Carolina worker's suit claiming she was wrongly fired from a real estate development firm after testing positive for marijuana, as her counsel struggled at times to find answers to the judges' questions.
January 22, 2024
The Fourth Circuit will kick off 2024 by probing Timberland's bid to trademark its footwear and pondering an embattled insurance mogul's attempt to escape a $524 million judgment.
January 03, 2024
A Las Vegas casino worker will tell the Ninth Circuit that her employer should have done more when she was harassed by ex-NFL star Richard Sherman, while the Second Circuit will hear from a former Kay Jewelers manager who contends his boss called him a "dinosaur" and other ageist insults. Here's a look at these and four other oral argument sessions that discrimination lawyers should be watching this month.
July 27, 2023
A former worker for real estate firm Diamondback Investment Group LLC is urging the Fourth Circuit to revive her claims that the company wrongly fired her after she tested positive for marijuana, saying she has provided evidence that she was disabled and used hemp-based CBD to treat that disability.
July 06, 2023
A former worker for developer Diamondback Investment Group LLC is asking the Fourth Circuit to revive her claims that she was discriminated against when the company fired her for testing positive for cannabis, while the developer is asking the judges to affirm the district court's order tossing the case.