July 18, 2024
A former miner urged the Fourth Circuit to approve approximately $21,000 in attorney fees in his case seeking benefits for his black lung disease, saying he has been unable to reach a settlement with an engineering company that challenged the appointment of two U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judges.
January 24, 2024
The Fourth Circuit won't pause an order approving the appointment of two U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judges pending the resolution of a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging their addition to a DOL tribunal.
December 19, 2023
A Fourth Circuit panel departed from U.S. Supreme Court precedents when it refused to deem two U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judges' appointments unconstitutional, an engineering company said Tuesday, asking the full appeals court to step in.
November 07, 2023
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday rejected an engineering company's bid to declare the appointment of two U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judges unconstitutional, saying the judges were properly appointed, and even if their protections were not in accordance with the Constitution, there was no harm stemming from the two being named to the DOL tribunal.