December 10, 2025
Two federal appellate courts have cleared the federal government to enforce a pair of controversial policies restricting transgender and HIV-positive people from serving in the military, with each lifting trial court blockades on the rules while litigation challenging them plays out.
December 09, 2025
A federal appellate judge on Tuesday repeatedly pressed an attorney representing people who were denied admission to the U.S. military due to an HIV diagnosis, asking him to explain why his argument wouldn't force the U.S. Department of Defense to accept anyone with a medically controlled, chronic condition.
November 26, 2025
The Sixth and Ninth circuits will consider the scope of a 2022 law barring mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment and assault claims, and the Fourth Circuit will review whether HIV-positive prospective service members can be blocked from joining the military. Here are five oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in the coming month.