Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, my daughter will be coming home for spring break this coming Friday. Her break is a week, so it may not be possible to do a blog entry next week. Also, good luck on your men and women in NCAA tourney brackets. Drake University men
A doubleheader: Federal Court Accessibility and Tribal Sovereign Immunity
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Today’s blog entry comes to me courtesy of Prof. Leonard Sandler, a clinical law professor at the University of Iowa. He sent me the case of Goldup v. Casino decided by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on January 31, 2025. There are two aspects of the case, which can…
Cases/Developments to Watch
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I thought I would do a different kind of blog entry this week. With the new administration, there have been so many dizzying developments. Also, the EEOC recently filed a spate of cases that bear watching as well. I thought I would highlight some of those developments.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. BellSouth…
DOJ Frequently Asked Questions Documents and Service Animals Revisited
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Posted in 501, 504, ADA, Administrative law, Fair Housing Act, Final Federal Regulations, Title II, Title III
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week (I had a few hours to myself and I find writing blog entries relaxing, NK), I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy holidays, and a happy new year.
In 2015, Department of Justice issued a guidance entitled, “frequently asked questions about…
Trial Judge Gets Hammered for Not Accommodating a Probable Disability of Trial Counsel and the ADA Not Even Involved
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Posted in 501, 504, ADA, Administrative law, Constitutional law, State Cases, Title I, Title II, Title III
I started writing this blog on election day, which turned out to be very interesting by the end of it with President Trump winning both the popular and electoral votes. Of course, the next question is what does that election mean for persons with disabilities. We don’t know, but a few immediate thoughts come to…
ADA Disparate Impact Claims
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When it comes to the ADA, there are three possible kinds of lawsuits. First, disparate treatment. Second, failure to accommodate. Third, disparate impact. You don’t see a lot of disparate impact cases. As a result, I thought it would be useful to blog on a decision dealing with the disparate impact issue. Our case of…
Convincing Mosaic as a Standard for Deciding Summary Judgment Motions Arrives
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Posted in 1983, 501, ADA, Federal Cases, Rehabilitation Act, State Cases, Title I, Title IV, Title IX, Title VI of Civil Rights Act, Title VII
I hope everyone is getting back into the swing of the new year. Next week, I will be visiting my daughter in between January term and second semester. I will be here Monday but leave Tuesday and back Friday. So, I am not sure of the timing of the blog entry for next week. This…
EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace
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This week’s blog entry is super short. I am actually traveling all week. The first half of the week is Minneapolis to speak at the Minnesota CLE Bankruptcy Institute. The second half of the week is parents weekend at my daughter’s college.
The blog entry for the week is the updated EEOC harassment guideline, which…
EEOC Final Update on Covid-19?
It has been a while since I blogged on the EEOC running Covid-19 guidance. The EEOC just came out with some more updates (it very well could be the last one for a while considering Covid-19 is now endemic), so I thought I would return to it. The blog entry is only going to focus…
Would EEOC’s Hearing Disabilities in the Workplace Guidance Survive Kisor?
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I recently blogged on the EEOC guidance on the hearing disabilities in the workplace, here. I noted several problems with it. Not the least of which was how it confused Deaf, deaf, and Hard of Hearing. There were some other issues as well. That isn’t to say that the guidance did not contain its…