( November 10, 2026, 8:18 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of five consolidated putative class actions brought by a retired West Virginia law enforcement officer against businesses accused of unlawfully disclosing his personal information, holding that a provision of West Virginia’s Daniel’s Law restricting the disclosure of home addresses and unpublished telephone numbers of judicial and law enforcement officials violates the First and 14th amendments because it is a content-based restriction on speech that fails strict scrutiny....