Before moving on to the blog entry of the week, a couple of housekeeping matters. First, one of the things that I do is act as a FINRA arbitrator. There is a final hearing all of next week. The final hearing will be conducted virtually over zoom. I have been absolutely amazed with how FINRA
Barbuto v. advantage sales and marketing LLC
Job Relatedness and Business Necessity Revisited
Hope everybody had a great holiday season and happy new year to all! Back to the grind:-)
The blog entry for the week explores two different cases dealing with disability related inquiries and medical exams of employees. The cases are from the Seventh Circuit and from the District Court of the District of Columbia.…
ADA and Reasonable Accommodations: The HR (Title I) Version
A few weeks back, I attended a chat seminar put on by the Society for Human Resources Management on reasonable accommodations and the ADA. What happens in that kind of seminar is that people write in their questions online and then knowledge advisors respond. The knowledge advisors are very…
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…
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…