Today’s blog entry is a case that many bloggers are blogging about. As y’all know, I am not afraid to blog on cases that others have blogged on if I feel I can offer my own perspective. This case certainly fits the bill. The case is the 11th Circuit published decision, here, Beasley
Just What are Essential Eligibility Requirements Anyway and Associational Discrimination is a Thing Under Title II
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
Exby-Stolley Revisited: The 10th Circuit en banc Decision
Before starting on the blog entry of the day, if you have not already voted do so. Today’s blog entry is a case, Exby-Stolley v. Board of County Commissioners, Weld County, Colorado17918111819811820567, that I blogged on almost 2 years ago. About two years ago, the 10th Circuit came down with a decision, which
Applicability of title I of the ADA to Foreign Flagged Cruise Ships
Today’s blog entry deals with the question of whether title I of the ADA applies to foreign flagged cruise ships. We know that under this case, Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Lines, title III of the ADA applies to foreign flagged cruise ships under some circumstances. However, this is a title I case. It’s a
Association Discrimination and the ADA (Title I)
Before getting started on the blog entry of the day, I did a webinar the other day for the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts on Internet accessibility and on effective communications. We also talked about other matters as well. It was the first time I did a webinar using the zoom platform. I found it
The ADA and the Coronavirus: The Key Concepts Edition
Coronavirus
Everything is about the coronavirus both in our personal lives and in our professional lives. You can find several excellent blog entries on the coronavirus from people in my blog roll, such as but not limited to Jon Hyman and Eric Meyer. I saw the other day that OSHA has weighed in as well.
Failure to Accommodate, Direct Evidence, and the Interactive Process
Today’s blog entry comes from a connection to mine on LinkedIn, Janette Levey Frisch, an employment lawyer in the New York City area (East Brunswick, New Jersey), blogging at EmpLaWyerologist, http://theemplawyerologist.com/. The case is Fisher v. Nissan North America, Inc., a published decision from the Sixth Circuit decided on February 27, 2020, which
Interactive Process and Essential Functions of the Job
Today’s case is a twofer. That is, we are going to talk about two different cases, both dealing with the interactive process and essential functions of the job. The first case is an unpublished decision from the 11th Circuit, Kassa v. Synovus Financial Corporation, decided February 3, 2020. The second case is Seward
Okay Boomer at the Supreme Court and What Does That Have to do with the ADA
I am not sure about blog entry times for the next couple of weeks. Next week, I will be attending and speaking at the Accessibility Professionals Association conference in Round Rock, Texas. Sometime within the next two weeks, I will be testifying as an expert witness in a trial in Houston. So, not sure when