July 21, 2025
No appeals court found the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term less endearing than the Fourth Circuit, where a supersize shutout accentuated a multiyear slump for the once-favored circuit and repeatedly vindicated conservative dissenters on the left-leaning bench.
February 05, 2025
A Maryland federal court's decision imposing a stricter standard for an employer to claim an overtime exemption is no longer valid after the U.S. Supreme Court said the heightened evidence standard isn't necessary, an international food distributor told the Fourth Circuit.
August 22, 2023
The full Fourth Circuit declined Tuesday to rehear a panel decision affirming workers' win in their unpaid overtime suit against an international food distributor after the company argued the panel was unnecessarily strict in imposing the standard for employers to prove overtime pay exemptions.
August 09, 2023
An international food distributor asked the full Fourth Circuit to flip a panel's decision affirming a win for a group of workers on claims that the company failed to pay overtime, arguing the panel imposed an unnecessarily strict standard for employers to prove exceptions to overtime pay requirements.
July 27, 2023
A Maryland federal court correctly held that an international food distributor didn't willfully violate federal law in a suit claiming unpaid overtime, the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday, while overall keeping a win for the three sales representatives who sued.