May 25, 2023
The Fourth Circuit backed a U.S. State Department contractor's defeat of an ex-employee's lawsuit claiming she was fired for raising concerns about a potential supervisor's conduct, ruling that an email she sent amounted to "personal gossip" rather than a federally protected complaint.
April 28, 2023
In May, the Second Circuit will consider reopening a suit that accused Franklin Templeton of unlawfully firing a white woman who went viral for calling the cops on a Black birdwatcher, and the Fourth Circuit will debate whether a worker's email calling out a supervisor was legally protected. Here, Law360 previews three upcoming argument sessions that employment discrimination lawyers should keep tabs on.