Ellenor Zinski v. Liberty University, Incorporated

  1. March 23, 2026

    Trio Of 4th Circ. Cases Spotlights Employers' Religious Rights

    Several Christian organizations' fights for exemptions to workplace antidiscrimination laws have converged before the Fourth Circuit, giving the court an opportunity to establish a definitive position on the complicated legal tension between the rights of religious employers and LGBTQ+ workers.

  2. March 17, 2026

    4th Circ. Cautious About Ripple Effects In Trans Bias Suit

    A Fourth Circuit panel expressed consternation Tuesday about the ramifications of giving a Christian university the legal green light to turn away transgender job applicants, with one judge wondering if a win for the school would let religious entities reject candidates in interracial marriages.

  3. March 16, 2026

    Trans Bias Fight Presents Novel Questions To 4th Circ.

    The Fourth Circuit will consider several questions that sit at the intersection of religious and LGBTQ+ rights when it hears Liberty University's challenge Tuesday to a ruling that allowed a transgender former employee to pursue a sex discrimination suit against the Christian school. Here's a look at five of those questions.

  4. February 27, 2026

    4 Argument Sessions Bias Attys Should Watch In March

    A federal judge will consider forcing the University of Pennsylvania to give the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission contact information of Jewish employees who may have endured or witnessed on-campus antisemitism, and the Fourth Circuit will mull whether Liberty University should face a transgender former employee's lawsuit. Here are four oral arguments discrimination attorneys should watch in March. 

  5. September 10, 2025

    State AGs Back Trans Worker In Liberty U.'s 4th Circ. Appeal

    A group of 19 states and Washington, D.C., urged the Fourth Circuit to back a trial court's decision to keep a former Liberty University employee's transgender bias case in court, arguing the religious university's interpretation of the First Amendment would decimate anti-discrimination efforts.