Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, the Atlanta Braves are world champions!! Our local school district is not going to have school tomorrow. It was senior skip day and the Atlanta Braves parade is tomorrow. So, the decision not to have school makes perfect sense. The community we live in is
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For Lawyers, Effective Communications Requirements are More Than Just a Matter of ADA Compliance: They are Now a Matter of Legal Ethics Too
Many times before in this blog, such as here and here and here, we have discussed effective communication rules. On October 6, 2021, the American Bar Association issued Formal Opinion 500. Formal Opinion 500, here, now takes effective communication and makes it a matter of professional responsibility and a matter of legal ethics…
Is Assessing Physicians for Cognitive Impairment Kosher?
I was really busy this week on a pressing client matter. So, the blog entry for the week is a bit late, which occasionally does happen. This week’s blog entry is a response to a push by those very much leading the professional recovery program efforts to expand those efforts to include cognitive screening for…
Nix Redux and Can State Covid-19 Liability Laws Limit ADA Suits in Federal Courts
Next week, my daughter is on break and will be making college trips with each of her parents to different parts of the country. Then, all of us will meet up to see both sides of the family at the end of the week. So, I am hoping that I can get a blog entry…
Does the ADA and §504 Allow for Disparate Impact Claims: The View from the Ninth Circuit
Previously, I mentioned that the upcoming Supreme Court term will have two cases before it pertaining to the rights of people with disabilities. One of those cases asks the question of whether disparate impact claims exist under §504 of the Rehabilitation Act. On August 24, 2021, the Ninth Circuit over a dissent said that such…
Psychiatric Exams and Federal Employees
Before moving on to the blog entry of the week, some of you may be wondering what happened to the comments section of the blog/website. The host of my blog/website has decided to discontinue that feature for the reasons mentioned here. While very few comments were made on each of the blog entries over…
Can ADA and Rehabilitation Act be used to Overrule Anti-Masks Mandates/Laws?
On one of the local National Public Radio stations here in Atlanta metropolitan area, there is a show called Political Rewind. On that show, distinguished panelists (political consultants, former officeholders, political science professors, etc.), talk about what is going on in Georgia politics and nationally as well. Today, they were talking about Republicans in Georgia…
Temporary Disability, EEOC Charges, and an ADA/Rehabilitation Act Case Comes to the Supreme Court
Happy Fourth of July week everyone. Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. I am sure many are taking the week off or having an extended holiday. Have fun and be safe.
Today’s blog entry is a three in one. In particular, we will talk about how do you figure out when a…
Naomi Osaka and Title III of the Ada
As everyone knows, Naomi Osaka made news last week in a big way. One of the things that I saw is that labor and employment bloggers were using it as an analogy for how they would deal with something like this under title I of the ADA, such as here184192212213215215. Sports commentators, such as…
Association Standing and Burden of Proof for Readily Achievable
Today’s case of the day deals with two questions. First, just how does association standing work? Second, what is the burden of proof when it comes to figuring out whether something is readily achievable per title III of the ADA?
The case is Schalamar Creek Mobile Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Adler decided by the…