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Repeated Violations Doctrine

By William Goren on May 20, 2019

This is a situation I see all the time. Let’s say you are at a university. A student goes to disability services, gets an accommodation plan, even gives it to the teacher. The teacher resists. The student may or may not try to fix it until later in the semester figuring that something will develop. […]…

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Interstate Sovereign Immunity

By William Goren on May 15, 2019

Today’s blog entry discusses the case that came down from the United States Supreme Court on May 13, 2019, discussing interstate sovereign immunity. The case is Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt. We have blogged on sovereign immunity before, such as here. It is an incredibly complicated area of the law, but this case […]…

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Direct Evidence is a Smoking Gun

By William Goren on May 6, 2019

Today’s blog entry discusses two cases, both dealing with smoking guns (hence, the cannon above). One is from the Sixth Circuit, Baum v. Metro Restoration Services, Inc., Decided on April 11, 2019. The other is EEOC v. Crain Automotive Holdings LLC from the Eastern District of Arkansas, also decided on April 11, 2019. As usual, […]…

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Legal Malpractice Risks and the ADA

By William Goren on April 30, 2019

Previously, I have talked about how the EEOC if it wasn’t the EEOC would have committed legal malpractice in the case we talked about here. From going through my search engine, it doesn’t seem like I have talked about where the legal malpractice risks are with respect to the ADA. In going through my publishing […]…

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Causation Under ADA and Rehabilitation Act and a Bonus: LGT Goes to Supreme Court

By William Goren on April 23, 2019

Hope everyone had a happy Easter and, as in my case, a happy start to the Passover holiday. Today’s blog entry come from one of the blogs that is in my blog roll, Wait a Second. The case is Natofsky v. The City of New York decided on April 18, 2019 out of the Second […]…

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Thoughts on Accessibility of Universal Orlando

By William Goren on February 25, 2019

My family just got back from spending last week at Universal Orlando. We had a great time. An excellent place to take a teenager. I thought I would offer some thoughts on the accessibility challenges I saw while I was there. Before proceeding with that, I absolutely strongly encourage anyone who goes to Universal Orlando […]…

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Egregious Fitness for Duty Policy Leads to Class Action Certification

By William Goren on February 14, 2019

Before getting started on our blog entry for the week, I want to let everyone know that next week my daughter’s school has a break, and we are off to Universal Orlando for the week. We are all big Harry Potter fans. So, with Monday being a holiday and my daughter being off with some […]…

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Medical Exams, Direct Threat, and Qualified and How All Three Concepts Work Together

By William Goren on February 5, 2019

I hope everyone had fun with the Super Bowl yesterday. It was the lowest scoring Super Bowl by five points in the history of all Super Bowl’s. It beat the record set by the Miami Dolphins when they beat the Washington Redskins in 1972 to go undefeated. What is particularly mind-boggling is that the rules […]…

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Title III of the ADA Applies to Internship and Externship Sites

By William Goren on January 30, 2019

Before proceeding with today’s blog entry, I do want to express my wishes that everyone be safe with the terribly cold weather around the country today. My native city of Chicago is brutally cold today. Be safe and stay warm! Previously, I have talked about internship and externship sites being subject to the ADA here, […]…

Understanding the ADA

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Repeated Violations Doctrine

Interstate Sovereign Immunity

Direct Evidence is a Smoking Gun

Legal Malpractice Risks and the ADA

Causation Under ADA and Rehabilitation Act and a Bonus: LGT Goes to Supreme Court

Thoughts on Accessibility of Universal Orlando

Egregious Fitness for Duty Policy Leads to Class Action Certification

Medical Exams, Direct Threat, and Qualified and How All Three Concepts Work Together

Title III of the ADA Applies to Internship and Externship Sites

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