U.S. Fourth Circuit
Multiple States Rebuked for Denying Transgender Health Care
With increasing frequency, federal courts are ruling in favor of plaintiffs who challenge state-law restrictions on the availability or coverage for medications and treatments sought by transgender patients. Two major appellate decisions have favored trans employees whose state employers sought to exclude their care from their health…
Drug Distributors Win Groundbreaking Opioid Lawsuit in West Virginia
Huntington and Cabell County alleged that the three distributors failed to maintain controls that would have prevented the oversupply of addictive substances like Oxycodone. At trial, attorneys for McKesson argued that holding the companies liable would "force distributors to second-guess doctors' prescribing decisions."
4th Circuit Sides With HS Girls Over Skirt Requirement
A federal appeals court has found that a North Carolina school's dress code violated female students' constitutional rights. From its opening in 2000, Charter Day School enforced a strict dress code requiring female students to wear skirts, jumper skirts, or skorts exclusively. Until recently, this strict guideline was upheld regardless of the girls' personal comfort with wearing skirts. Needless to say, male students were allowed to wear pants or shorts.