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Fair Housing Defense
Reasonable Accommodation Requests: Can Extra Fees Be Charged (No); Can Damage Cost be Assessed (Sometimes)
Both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are clear that management cannot charge an extra fee or require an additional deposit for residents…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Increased Genetic Testing of Embryos Raises Ethical Questions
The New York Times: Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases, by Gina Kolata:. . . Genetic testing of embryos has been around for more than a decade, but…
Virginia Family Law Journal
Mother Successfully Petitions Court For Child Support For Disabled Daughter Who Was Over The Age of 18.
By Rob Hagy
In the case of Mayer v. Mayer, the Virginia Court of Appeals, in a published opinion, ruled that a mother was entitled to child support for her daugther who was…
CommLawBlog
Accessibility Rules Waived for Some E-Readers
By FHH Law
Without some release valve for cases at the margins, a regulatory system cannot truly serve the public interest.
Education Law Prof Blog
Complaint Challenges Policing Practices in Wake County, NC Schools Against African-American and Special Needs Students
We have seen reassessments of zero-tolerance policies at the DOJ, as Derek reported recently here, with the State of Maryland as a standout for creating more sensible protocols to deal…
Education Law Prof Blog
Wisconsin Revives Bill to Provide Private School Vouchers to Special Needs Children
Special education advocates are protesting the revival of a controversial bill in the Wisconsin legislature to give students with disabilities vouchers to attend private school. Four Wisconsin legislators announced a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“‘Friend to the Martyr, a Friend to the Woman of Shame’: Thinking About the Law, Shame and Humiliation”
Main January 21, 2014"'Friend to the Martyr, a Friend to the Woman of Shame': Thinking About the Law, Shame and Humiliation"The title of this post is the title of this…
The Faculty Lounge
Heymann, Stein, and Moreno on Disability and Equity at Work
Following up on some other recent posts on books I'm looking forward to seeing this spring (like Sarah Roth's Gender and Race in Antebellum America) I want to mention an…
Education Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Affirms Expiration of Connecticut’s Special Education Consent Decree by Mark Weber
By Derek Black
A recent case of interest with regard to special education is P.J. ex rel. W.J. v. Katz, No. 10-3586-CV, 2013 WL 6726948 (2d Cir. Dec. 23, 2013). P.J. is an…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Arrested & Cuffed for Being in Wrong Class
This story comes from the Courthouse News Service, which reports in part: Castaneda [the plaintiff] says he had severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the school knew it. He says…