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Disability
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Employment Discrimination Report
Employer’s consistent application of its non-discriminatory policy helps it defeat ADA and Title VII claims
For years employers have been advised that if they apply their non-discriminatory and legitimate company policies and practices across the board, without exception, it will generally be much easier to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers: Law and the Deaf / Hard-of-Hearing Communities
Josh Reece, Editor-in-Chief of the Valparaiso Law Review, writes to encourage submissions to his journal's forthcoming issue that will be dedicated to Disability Law topics. The primary focus of the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting split Eleventh Circuit ruling on whether ADA applies to a private prison
Main April 30, 2010Interesting split Eleventh Circuit ruling on whether ADA applies to a private prison Because I am not an expert on the American with Disabilities Act, I cannot…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
Michael Waterstone, Returning Veterans and Disability Law, 85 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1081 (2010).Kenneth R. Swift, The Public Policy Exception to Employment At-Will: Time to Retire a Noble Warrior?, 61…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Summary of caregiver support provisions in health care reform bill
Via the White House Blog:The Middle Class Task Force developed a new Caregiver Initiative in the FY 2011 Budget to address the needs of the estimated 65 million Americans that…
Employment Law Matters
Impairment caused by medication’s side effects may be a disability, even if underlying condition is not.
The 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, consistently with the Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, that the side effects of medication may render an individual “disabled” for purposes…
The Faculty Lounge
Appellate Court Rules: Dogs Ineligible For Food Stamps
Here's a bit of heartbreaker. A Pennsylvania man with a mobility disability sought food stamps in an amount sufficient to feed both himself and his dog. His dog apparently helps…
Alabama Employment Law Report
TOO MUCH PERFUME LEADS TO $100,000 SETTLEMENT
Many years ago, when I first read my firm's policy about perfume/scents, I laughed. I quickly realized that it is an important policy to have. For the city of Detroit, it is…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
A financially independent disabled adult may still be a member of her parent’s household.
A 42 year old woman with physical and mental impairments who lived with her mother was found to be principally dependent on her mother and therefore entitled to a death…
EvidenceProf Blog
The AALS Poster Project: Eric E. Johnson’s Intellectual Property & Disability
By Colin Miller
Eric E. Johnson presesented the poster Intellectual Property & Disability (Download Intellectual Property & Disability): Professor Johnson is a professor at The University of North Dakota School of Law, where he has taught since…