( June 2, 2026, 10:59 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s rulings dismissing a physician’s claims and granting summary judgment to a medical clinic in her suit alleging violations of state and federal laws related to her termination, finding in part that the COVID regulation for infectious disease prevention she claims the clinic violated does not include the type of public policy expression required under applicable case law....