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Disability
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Virginia Delegate Marshall Apologizes for Abortion Comment
Wash. Post: Del. Marshall says abortion remark misconstrued, apologizes, by Fredrick Kunkle:Virginia Del. Robert G. Marshall apologized Monday to people withdisabilities for remarks suggesting that women who have abortions riskhaving…
The Faculty Lounge
Call for Papers
Disability and Ethics through the Life Cycle: Cases, Controversies, & Finding Common Ground CALL FOR PAPERS May 21-22, 2010 Union College, Schenectady, NY Despite a common interest in facilitating good…
Alabama Employment Law Report
11th CIRCUIT FINDS ADA PROHIBITION AGAINST IMPROPER PRE-OFFER MEDICAL INQUIRIES CREATES A CAUSE OF ACTION EVEN IF PLAINTIFF IS NOT DISABLED
This week, in Harrison v. Benchmark Electronics Huntsville, Inc., the 11th Circuit reversed the trial court's summary judgment in favor of Benchmark (BEHI), and remanded the case for a jury trial. Harrison was…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship: Civil Rights and the Low-Wage Worker
The University of Chicago Legal Forum, volume 2009Civil Rights and the Low-Wage WorkerArticlesNoah D. Zatz, "The Minimum Wage as a Civil Rights Protection: An Alternative to Antipoverty Arguments?" p. 1.David…
Michigan Estate Planning Law Blog
Myths & Misconceptions: An Estate Plan Is Not A Will
By TJ Wall
Well, Halloween is now over and I'm sure your doorway was packed all evening with scary little goblins, ghosts, witches, and an assortment of other monsters. And, if you're like me, you…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Disabled Class Members Lack Standing to Sue Disney for Segway Use
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In this decision from the Middle District of Florida, Judge Presnell dismissed a 23(b)(2) class action brought by disabled individuals who have been battling Disney for the right to use…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Reasonable Accommodation: Free Advice to Employers
By Debra Reilly
Are you an employer who has ever wondered how you can possibly accommodate a particular disability of an employee? The disability is just so severe or unusual (or a "mental…
Alabama Employment Law Report
EEOC PUBLISHES NEW PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR ADA
On September 23, the EEOC published it's proposed regulations for the ADA to conform to the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The 93 pages of proposed regulations start the 60 day…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Relationship or Association With An Individual With Disability
By Debra Reilly
In addition to protecting qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from employment discrimination, one ADA provision – the "Association" provision (42 U.S.C. § 12112(b)(4))-- protects applicants and employees from discrimination…
International Law Prof Blog
U.S. to Sign U.N. Disability Convention
U.S. President Barack Obama announced last week that he had instructed Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to sign the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons…