Disability Law
560 ABA Journal Disability Law articles.
The ABA House of Delegates approved a resolution targeting air carriers’ discrimination against people with disabilities after lengthy debate Monday at the midyear meeting in Austin, Texas.
Feb 17, 2020 4:17 PM CST
The Tennessee Supreme Court has suspended a Georgia lawyer after a hearing board found that he misled an administrative law judge and bullied her during his representation of a methadone clinic.
Feb 13, 2020 10:18 AM CST
A former lawyer at Arent Fox filed a lawsuit Wednesday that claims that his nerve-compression disability led the law firm to reduce his assignments, change his job duties, and then terminate his employment.
Jan 31, 2020 2:08 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide two cases involving the “ministerial exception” that bars courts from hearing some employment suits against religious employers.
Dec 20, 2019 3:14 PM CST
A tax lawyer who had a heart attack over Labor Day weekend—a day before he received a $65,000 raise—was entitled to disability benefits based on the higher paycheck, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
Dec 12, 2019 11:06 AM CST
AG Barr reportedly disagrees with DOJ watchdog on justification for Russia probe
U.S. Attorney General William Barr reportedly disagrees with a key conclusion in an upcoming report by the Department…
Dec 3, 2019 4:40 PM CST
South Africa prosecutor is killed in courtroom gun incident
A South Africa prosecutor was killed Monday when a gun being entered into evidence discharged and the bullet struck her in…
Nov 20, 2019 3:47 PM CST
Author files defamation suit against Trump for denying he raped her
Author and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has filed a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of defaming her when…
Nov 5, 2019 4:20 PM CST
Two California law firms have resolved a lawsuit accusing them of engaging in a civil RICO conspiracy by filing multiple lawsuits against small businesses for alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Oct 29, 2019 10:46 AM CDT
Corrected: The current analytical reasoning section of the
Law School Admission Test will eventually be dropped as a result of a settlement in a lawsuit by a legally blind man who said he was unable to draw diagrams to help him answer the questions.
Oct 9, 2019 2:11 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear Domino’s Pizza Inc.’s appeal over its website and mobile app and whether they are required to comply with federal disabilities law.
Oct 7, 2019 12:54 PM CDT
New book seeks to explain conservatism of Justice Clarence Thomas
A new book called The Enigma of Clarence Thomas contends that the justice’s conservatism is shaped by his immersion in…
Sep 24, 2019 3:11 PM CDT
A national service program for young adults has agreed to revise its health screening process after the American Civil Liberties Union alleged a violation of disability law.
Sep 18, 2019 12:18 PM CDT
Mississippi violated ADA in its treatment of people with mental illness, judge says
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled this week that Mississippi’s failure to provide community-based mental health care…
Sep 5, 2019 4:49 PM CDT
Disability rights advocates say web accessibility, the practice of designing and coding websites so that people with disabilities can use them, can be accomplished through simple changes, such as changing color contrast and adding video captions. However, the legal landscape surrounding web accessibility has become more complex.
Jul 1, 2019 2:15 AM CDT
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