(January 10, 2018, 1:47 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A divided Fourth Circuit U.S. Court Appeals panel on Jan. 5 reinstated Equal Pay Act (EPA) claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on the behalf of three women against the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA), finding that a jury must decide whether the reasons for the pay disparity provided by MIA were pretext for gender discrimination (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Maryland Insurance Administration, No. 16-2408, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 298)....