I’ve written quite a few times in the last decade about the absurdity of HUD’s position that landlords cannot charge a fee or deposit for an assistance or emotional support animal.¹ HUD’s position has never made sense because asking for
I noted this headline in my Google news feed this afternoon: “Attorney involved in dozens of ‘sue-and-settle’ lawsuits around KC may have web accessibility issues on his own sites.” The story was pretty much as expected. Attorney Kevin Puckett files
Artificial Intelligence, or at least talk about AI, has become inescapable. Like “gluten free” it has been become a marketing tool that doesn’t mean anything. Gluten free toilet paper? – I’m sure somebody is selling it. AI powered paper clips?
In the children’s nonsense song written by Burl Ives an old woman swallows a fly for reasons unknown and then:
My partner, Jeanne Huey, just published her blog “The Stakes Just Got Higher: Texas Legislataure Cracks down on Barratry.” Barratry is, of course, stirring up unnecessary litigation or, more particularly, doing one of several things that have been made a
What can be made of this assortment of information concerning ADA litigation over website accessibility?
May 2025 website accessibility litigation – 445 new cases, 123 of which against previous defendants and 119 against websites using some form of widget that
The headline was all too familiar, “Toddler mauled by service dog.” We have seen it before when untrained animals were allowed on airlines or in other public places.(6) When it is passenger passing off a peacock as an emotional support
That title is a little misleading because, in fact, the federal Fair Housing Act does not prohibit source-of-income discrimination.¹ I noted just this morning a case from Maryland² discussing a specific issue related to source-of-income discrimination and thought this was
ADA serial filers and their lawyers are not popular with the businesses they target, as illustrated very clearly by the recently filed Baek Family Partnership, LLC et al v. Wampler, Carroll, Wilson & Sanderson PLLC et al, Case No. 3:25-cv-00584
I am belatedly blogging about two recent decisions that have already been discussed elsewhere.¹ The legal issues presented are interesting,² but for businesses concerned with service animals the practical lessons are, I think, more important.
In Mission Working Dogs a group
