The folks at BMW should be reveling in the hard bench-slapping that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and one of its expert statisticians received late last month from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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A federal appeals court has rejected a statistical expert offered in a legal challenge to an employer’s use of background checks brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the fourth federal appellate ...

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A woman who says she was subjected to frequent lewd comments by a co-worker can go forward with her Title VII hostile environment claim against her company, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The woman and the ...

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A South Carolina case that was once cited as evidence of Mexican drug cartels fueling U.S. drug trafficking is now provoking conflicting views among appellate judges about racial factors involved in police traffic stops.   Three federal appeals court judges ...

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CHARLESTON (AP) — Gay marriages should be allowed to proceed in South Carolina because the state is unlikely to win its appeal to block them and has not shown it would suffer harm if such marriages take place, attorneys for ...

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Raleigh-based debt collection agency Optimum Outcomes experienced less-than-optimum results after losing its 4th Circuit fight with a debtor who scored a jury verdict worth more than $37,000.

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An appeals court’s decision to strike down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban adds to the growing list of decrees on a hot-button issue that will likely end up being decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Pamela Harris to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Gov. Nikki Haley isn't immune from being sued by Occupy Columbia protesters who were kicked off the Statehouse grounds in 2011, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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Karen Williams, the former chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died at her home Saturday. She was 62.

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