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

It is that time of the year for the greatest hits of 2024. The greatest hits section of the blog contains the top 10 for the year as well as certain other blog entries that are not in the top 10, but I feel are very important to know are out there. Here goes the

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

On Friday of last week, I presented to the Minnesota CLE Health Law Institute in Minneapolis on working with disabled clients and disabled attorneys. One of the cases that came up is the one that we are going to be talking about this week, Battle v. state of Tennessee, here, decided by the Middle

Before getting started on the blog entry for the week, I did finish Over Ruled. What is clear from reading the book, is that Justice Gorsuch clearly believes that the administrative state had gotten too big and that sufficient guardrails for the administrative state do not exist. Also, from reading that book, it is pretty

Before getting started on the blog entry of the day, I wanted to mention a decision decided by the California Supreme Court on July 29, 2024, here. In that case, Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the California Supreme Court held that: hostile work environment must be viewed in the totality of circumstances;

As I mentioned at the beginning of the week, it was pretty clear that another blog entry was warranted before Monday in light of the Supreme Court ending its term and my travel schedule. So here goes. There are three cases to discuss that are relevant to the ADA universe. They are: Loper Bright Enterprises