Things have been crazy around here lately. The latest thing I am dealing with apparent incompatibility between Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Microsoft Office 365. It makes things incredibly crazy (I can’t dictate in Word for long without having to click the dragon mike on and off and other office 365 products, such as outlook and excel,
NFL and the ADA
For those who are Jewish, I hope you had a nice high holiday season and best wishes on the coming new year.
Sometimes when you start a blog entry, you get all the way through it and realize that what you thought you were going to say turns out to be all crazy. So, you
Extended Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation: The Seventh Circuit View
Today’s case is Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, Inc., a case from the Seventh Circuit decided September 20, 2017. The blogosphere has lit up with it, and I thought I could add my own spin to it even though several bloggers have done a real nice job talking about it. As is usual, the case
Title III Standing and ADA Liability for Real Estate Investment Trusts
I have been blogging since December 2011. In all that time, with the exception of a winter break, I have never taken two weeks off. I do have a reason for doing so here. First, we had Labor Day weekend and then working with co-counsel, David Llewellyn, we had to move things to file a
Marijuana dispensaries and Title III of the ADA
In my medical marijuana and the ADA blog entry, I discussed the Massachusetts Supreme Court opinion holding that medical marijuana use may be a reasonable accommodation for a person with disability. That blog entry leads to a corollary question: is a legal medical marijuana dispensary/place
Title III Notice Requirement? and Service Accessibility versus Product Accessibility
This week’s blog entry is a twofer. First, is there a notice requirement to state entities where the state has an antidiscrimination law and a person wants to sue under title III of the ADA? Second, a case discussing that the line between product accessibility and service accessibility is not always so clear. That particular
Fair Housing Act, Emotional Support Animals, and Service Dogs: Noncompliance Can Cost You Big Time
I was giving serious consideration to blogging on Stragapede v. City of Evanston, Illinois. After all, it isn’t very far from where I grew up, and I have all kinds of family connections to Northwestern University. So, I spent a lot of time in Evanston, including attending many a Northwestern University athletic event. However,
Department of Justice’s Amicus Brief in Magee v. Coca Cola Refreshments and Brief’s Impact on Title III Web Site Accessibility Litigation
About a year ago, I discussed on my blog the case of MaGee v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., a published decision from the Fifth Circuit, holding that a vending machine was not a place of public accommodation and therefore, Coca-Cola’s machines did not have to comply with the ADA. The case was appealed to
Medical Marijuana and the ADA: Interactive Process is Everything
Last week the legal blog world lit up with the case of Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, a decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court on July 17, 2017. Both of my fellow panelists, Robin Shea and Jonathan Hyman, on our ADA and employment issues panel at the Federal Bar Association convention in
Failure to Accommodate Employee Nuggets
Obviously, I missed a blog entry last week. I have a good excuse. My daughter’s bat mitzvah was July 8. While the bat mitzvah and the reception and everything else went great (she did a great job!), the hangover was considerable. Once the hangover subsided, I had a client matter to attend to. However, I