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This week’s blog entry focuses on what happens if assuming for the sake of argument, renovations are not readily achievable at a place of public accommodation, whether that ends the analysis. The answer is no. The case also discusses just how the burden of proof works with respect to claiming that an accommodation is readily…

I hope everyone had a happy Easter and had or is having a good Passover.

Also, congratulations to UCLA on their women’s Division I basketball national championship and to Michigan on their men’s Division I basketball national championship.

This week’s blog entry dives into the rapidly evolving world of emotional support animals and…

The Society of Human Resources Management is not the only employer facing litigation for denying a service animal. On January 13, 2026, the Flaming Gorge Resort saw its motion to dismiss with respect to its denial of a service animal for an employee go down in flames (pun intended). The case is O’Connor v. Colett’s…

Congratulations to the Indiana Hoosiers on an undefeated season culminating in the national championship. Also, congratulations to the remaining teams in the NFL playoffs. My Bears lost, but that play to send the game to overtime was incredible.

This week’s blog entry is a non-precedential decision from the Third Circuit decided on October 8…

It’s time to get back to the grind after the holiday season. I hope everyone had a great holiday season.

Today’s blog entry deals with the implications of what happens when a reasonable accommodation request of a plaintiff is facially unreasonable. What does that mean for a plaintiff’s reasonable accommodation claim? What might that…

Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, a housekeeping matter, I am thinking that there may be one additional substantive blog for the rest of the year before I do the 2025 greatest hits. My thinking is that one more substantive blog entry after this will appear the week of December 8.…

After the amendments to the ADA, it doesn’t make any sense for an attorney to defend on the grounds that a disability doesn’t exist, with a notable exception being where the major life activity of working is involved. It should be a rare situation where plaintiff alleges the major life activity of working considering all…

Today’s blog entry is a published decision from the Third Circuit, Montanez v. Price, here decided on October 8, 2025 (which was my birthday). It discusses a series of issues, including: the Eighth Amendment; what is a program, service, and/or activity; and nondelegable duty. More specifically, the blog entry is divided into the following  categories…