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Disability
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Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act of 2020: My Preliminary Observations on the Proposed Bill
While I suspect that workers’ compensation claims, even without the aid of workers’ compensation causation presumptions, may fare better than some actuaries suspected (preliminary scuttlebutt of about a 40% success…
Understanding the ADA
Issues, Statistics, and Thoughts
I thought I would do a different kind of blog entry this week. Last week, I attended a zoominar (should I trademark "zoominar?":-), on issues facing persons with disabilities in…
The Faculty Lounge
Covid-19 and ME/CFS
It is well documented that many cases of ME/CFS (including mine) have been triggered by viral infections that simply never went away. There are several explanatory theories for this, including…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
No, Fear of the Virus is not a Disability, After All
I previously wrote about the federal court's interpretation of the Texas Election Code here. In that decision, the Western District of Texas found that fear of contracting the coronavirus does…
ADA Update
Five Reasonable Accommodations at Work
By Maia Goodell
With workplaces reopening in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, people with all types of disabilities are wondering if they can ask their employer for what they need. Here are…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Senate Passes Covid Disability/Death Presumption for First Responders
As you may already have heard, the Senate has passed a Covid-19 presumption, S. 3607. My abridged rendering is as follows. The presumption bill—which is keyed to a federal first…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Destigmatizing Disability in the Law of Immigration Admissions by Medha D. Makhlouf
Destigmatizing Disability in the Law of Immigration Admissions by Medha D. Makhlouf, in Disability, Health, Law and Bioethics 187 (I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Anita Silvers, Michael Ashley Stein eds.,…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Reopening Businesses Face Customer Pushback on Mask Requirements Under ADA
By Kristina M. Launey Seyfarth Synopsis: Reopening businesses must quickly prepare for customers claiming the ADA exempts them from face mask requirements. Business re-opening their doors to serve customers have…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
By Tracy Thomas
"The Americans with Disabilities Act and Termination of Parental Rights Cases: An Examination of Appellate Decisions Involving Mothers with Disabilities" Yale Law & Policy Review, ForthcomingROBYN POWELL, Brandeis University -…
Family Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers
By Family Law
Call For Papers: AALS Section On Aging 2021 Annual Meeting program, co-sponsored by the Sections on Civil Rights, Disability Law, Family & Juvenile Law, Minority Groups, Poverty, Sexual Orientation and Gender…