One of the confusing issues out there is the difference between a service dog, emotional support animal, and a therapy dog and why it matters. 28 C.F.R. § 35.104 and 28 C.F.R. § 36.104 (the sections of the federal regulation that apply to service animals for public entities and for places of public accommodations respectively),
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Laws do not exist in a vacuum (FHA v ADA, FMLA v ADA)
By William Goren on
One of the things that’s easy to do is forget that laws do not exist in a vacuum. On the employment side, you see this all the time. For example, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the critical question is whether a person can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable…