March 04, 2025
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a Maryland federal court's dismissal of a would-be renter's proposed class action alleging age discrimination by the D.C. area's largest real estate firms Tuesday, finding that the plaintiff failed to show that she was harmed by the company's targeting of younger renters in Facebook ads.
January 26, 2023
The Fourth Circuit on Thursday seemed skeptical a would-be renter had standing to sue several real estate firms for age discrimination based on Facebook advertisements targeting younger tenants, as the court questioned whether she could have been personally subjected to unequal treatment by "passively" scrolling on social media.