As I have covered previously, here, it’s a bit of the wild west as to the way forward when it comes to emotional support animals. HUD still doesn’t have anything, but if you plug in assistance animals into the search engine on their website, you get what appears as discussed below. The search engine is
DOT Final Regulation on Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers with Disabilities Using Wheelchairs
Happy new year everyone!
Today’s blog entry looks at the DOT final rule issued last month on ensuring safe accommodation for air travelers with disabilities using wheelchairs. We previously blogged on the proposed rule in the blog entry on March 18, 2024, here. This blog entry is set up similarly to that blog
DOT Hammers American Airlines for its Treatment of Persons with Disabilities
As everyone knows, I keep a pipeline of cases to blog on. Sometimes, even with my pipeline of cases, I just get stuck. One of the things that my readers may not realize is that while my practice focuses on understanding the ADA so that the client understands how to comply with that law and
Air Carrier Access Act Developments
Today’s blog entry discusses a letter From Representative Spaneberger (D-VA-07), and also signed by Representatives Cohen (D-TN-09), and Titus (D-NV-01), calling out DOT for its Air Carrier Access Act enforcement and demanding more information about their enforcement processes. We also mention a companion bill introduced by Senator Duckworth (D-IL) in partnership with Senator Fischer (R-NE),
Continuing Legal Education of Interest: Intersectionality of ADA, ADA, ACAA, State Negligence Laws plus Animals on Planes
Please find below, a continuing legal education webinar that I am doing in the first week of May. It has two parts to it. The first part will be discussing the intersection of the Airline deregulation act, the air Carrier Access act, the ADA, and state negligence
ADA’s Title I, Covid-19, and 21 Questions
First, congratulations to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for winning the Super Bowl Sunday. What an amazing record Tom Brady has developed over the years. Between the Rays, the Lightning, and the Buccaneers, Tampa Bay has become quite the sports town.
Turning to the blog entry of the day, last week I attended a webinar
Animals on Planes: DOT Final Rule
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Animals on Planes? DOT’s Proposed Service Animal Regulations
DOT Final Statement of Enforcement Priorities Regarding Service Animals
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Olmstead at 20 conference held at Georgia State law school here in Atlanta Georgia. Hats off to Susan Goico who led the organization of the conference. It brought together leading
Accommodating Nut Allergies
I know it has been awhile since I did a blog entry, but I have a really good excuse. The last day of May was my daughter’s last day of her freshman year in high school. Then, the following week dealt with chasing her around and also going to Portland Maine for the ABA Law