Meites, Mulder, Mollica & Glink Law Offices

Recent Posts from Meites, Mulder, Mollica & Glink Law Offices

• EEOC v. United Parcel Service, Inc., No. 08-5348 (2d Cir. Nov. 19, 2009); Fleming v. Yuma Regional Medical Center, No. 07-16427 (9th Cir. Nov. 19, 2009)

  The Second Circuit reverses a district court and enforces an EEOC subpoena to investigate a religious-accommodation claim. The Ninth Circuit wades into a current circuit split about whether § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to independent…

• Thornton v. United Parcel Service, Inc., No. 08-2162 (1st Cir. Nov. 12, 2009)

  While the EEOC and others have gone after Big Brown's alleged "100% healed" policy, looks like Mr. Thornton has reached the end of the road with his challenge.

• Kersey v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), No. 08-7040 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 10, 2009)

  Does a government agency's reliance on a prior settlement agreement to bar an employee from driving an agency vehicle constitute pretext for disability discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act?  The D.C. Circuit today holds that it…

• Barker v. Riverside County Office of Education, No. 07-56313 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2009); Leibowitz v. Cornell University, No. 07-4567 (2d Cir. Oct. 23, 2009)

  The Ninth Circuit holds that the anti-retaliation provisions of  § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to a school teacher who advocates for disabled…

• Brunker v. Schwans Home Service, Inc., No. 07-3183 (7th Cir. Oct. 22, 2009); Inman v. Klockner Pentaplast of America, No. 08-1882 (4th Cir. Oct. 22, 2009)

  Amicus support helped two plaintiffs in the Fourth and Seventh Circuits today win reversals of summary judgment (and, in one case, reversal of sanctions and a reassignment of the district court judge).