By Nick Hurston BTM Wire Services  A plaintiff who said a required physical fitness test was a discriminatory condition of her government employment and that she was injured by a loss of income when she resigned after failing it can ...

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An emergency medical services employee adequately alleged a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act under the theory of “overtime gap time,” the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing summary judgment for the employer.  The district ...

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“This has to stop.” With just four words, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has laid down a marker. The court was reviewing the case of a black homeless man in West Virginia who was stopped by a police ...

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A federal appeals court has denied qualified immunity for a police officer who shot and killed a citizen’s dog when the dog allegedly posed no threat. The Jan. 22 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revives a ...

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A federal prosecutor and a recently-appointed federal judge from South Carolina were confirmed by the U.S. Senate Aug. 16 to fill vacancies in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. U.S. District Court Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum was confirmed by ...

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A federal inmate seeking habeas corpus relief now will have his petition considered on its merits. The en banc 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2011 decision, finding a retroactive change in the law rendered the man’s sentence ...

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While answering a question of first impression in a Social Security disability case, Judge Allyson Duncan of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took a moment to send a message to administrative law judges that reaches back to the ...

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Attorney: Charles Lee Anderson Location: Anderson Bar membership: Member since 1995 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for two years on Sept. 28, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension. Background: In January 2014, Anderson pleaded guilty ...

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BALTIMORE — A lawyer’s premature disclosure of her client’s sealed whistleblower lawsuit does not necessarily doom the litigation, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday in reviving a construction worker’s claim that a Maryland company violated the federal False Claims Act ...

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the sentence of a member of a Maryland-based prison gang charged with multiple counts of murder and racketeering, but the panel’s reasoning in John Adams’ case is unknown because ...

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