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Disability
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Texas Employment Lawyer
A Plaintiff’s own testimony is sufficient to prove actual disability.
“Admittedly, Thomas has offered his own testimony about his restrictions, but Hill argues that Thomas cannot show, with any medical evidence, that he actually has these restrictions. The Court rejects…
Tax, Trusts & Estates Law
ABLE Accounts for Disabled Individuals – Senate is now ABLE to Act
On December 3, 2014, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow qualifying disabled persons to establish tax-free savings accounts similar to 529 plans to pay for a host…
Education Law Prof Blog
ACLU and Community Legal Aid Society File Segregation Complaint Against Delaware Charters, Call for Moratorium
By Derek Black
Yesterday, the ACLU of Delaware, ACLU Racial Justice Project and Community Legal Aid Society filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights asserting that Delaware’s charter school policies discriminate against students of color…
Education Law Prof Blog
Mississippi Law Journal Symposium on Education Law
The Mississippi Law Journal's symposium edition focusing on education law is now available at 83 Miss. L.J. 671 (2014). Although the symposium edition covers a range of national education issues, it comes at an important…
Employment Discrimination Report
Citing “Hypocrisy“ Of The “Disability Network” For Firing Deaf Employee, EEOC Settles Lawsuit
The EEOC “must be licking its chops," we said in our post on June 14th. Why? It achieved a PR coup in the form of a new lawsuit against…
Accessibility Defense
Law, Regulation and Confusion in the ADA
By Richard Hunt
This week two ADA writers I follow, Marc Dubin and William Goren, looked at the problem of telling just what the ADA requires. Both concluded that in some respect the only…
Structured Settlements 4Real® Blog
People With Disabilities Under 65 | Three Hurdles to Overcome To Get On Medicare
By John Darer
by John Darer® CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC Before they can get on Medicare, people with disabilities, who are under age 65, must first RECEIVE Social Security Disability Insurance…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Land Use Law and Disability
By Shi-Ling Hsu
Robin Paul Malloy's Land Use Law and Disability: Planning and Zoning for Accessible Communities has just been published by Cambridge University Press. Malloy argues that Land Use Planning should take greater account…
Education Law Prof Blog
Scholarship: Marking the “Four Corners” of the IEP to Mitigate Unequal Bargaining Power between Parent-Guardians and School Districts
The paper that received the George Jay Joseph Education Law Writing Award from the Education Law Association is available now on Lexis: Matthew Saleh, Public Policy, Parol Evidence and Contractual…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act at 40
By Derek Black
Lisa Lukasik has organized a discussion group at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference. The exact date of the panel is not yet set. The conference is scheduled from…