A third-year student at Drexel University’s law school claims in a lawsuit against Dechert that its reliance on higher-ranked law schools in hiring discriminates against the disabled.
A jury has awarded $638,000 to the plaintiff in an unusual Connecticut lawsuit filed by a mother over claimed sexual abuse of her highly intelligent but mentally ill adult daughter.
Corrected: A disability lawyer who won election to the Michigan Supreme Court last Tuesday will become the state’s first blind state high court justice.
A Connecticut dad claims in a federal lawsuit that school officials in Milford, Connecticut, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when they kept his daughter home from school because of…
Employee wellness programs that encourage healthy lifestyles are all the rage, but some companies may be violating federal law with onerous penalties for workers who don’t participate, according to two…
A defendant who uses a wheelchair began wearing diapers to the Manhattan criminal courthouse after she wasn’t allowed to use an accessible restroom last year.
Acknowledging that pedophilia is a mental disorder—and removing barriers for treatment—would better protect children, says an assistant professor at Rutgers School of Law.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating a lawyer’s complaint, filed on behalf of his son, that claims well-known companies discriminate against the mentally ill through the use of personality…
A federal prosecutor who claims he was wrongly fired because of an anxiety disorder can keep his name a secret in his lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department, a federal…
A Shreveport, Louisiana-based Popeyes Chicken franchisee has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it refused to hire an HIV-positive man because of his disability.
In a published opinion issued two weeks after oral argument, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the denial of disability benefits to a woman who claimed…
When individuals die their social media accounts often expire along with them. Even if their loved ones have the passwords, terms of use for Facebook and other providers routinely restrict…
There’s new trouble for a California woman already sentenced to nine years for conspiring with her boyfriend to rob a Los Angeles bank of $565,500 by pretending to be kidnapped…
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.