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 House of Delegates has adopted a policy urging states, localities and territories to develop written contingency plans to preserve the election process in the event of an emergency.
A California woman who seemingly is fixated on ticketless airline travel is no longer a problem for San Francisco airport officials after succeeding in stowing away on a Monday night…
The ABA is cooperating with the Department of Veterans Affairs in a pilot program to provide free legal representation to vets with pending disability claims.
A diabetic woman fired after nearly 18 years on the job for eating a $1.39 bag of chips before she paid for it has accepted a $180,000 settlement of her…
A North Carolina federal judge on Thursday granted a summary judgment motion in an Americans with Disabilities Act case that the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission brought against Womble Carlyle Sandridge…
Facebook is contesting the Manhattan District’s Attorney’s right to obtain Facebook information for 381 people, though a judge already forced the social network to release the information.
A veteran Florida lawyer complained in a written filing earlier this year that her opposing counsel is subjecting her to “electronic torture” through “illegally implanted microchips.”
A deaf inmate has filed a federal lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections, contending that the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide him with…
Ira Burnim: “The disability community is excited about the Justice Department’s action, and we support the position they took.” Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg.
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One of three Broward County judges charged with driving under the influence in a little more than six months has asked the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to…
In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over Law School Admission Test policies concerning the disabled, the Law School Admission Council has agreed to pay $7.73 million and…
The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed a suit that claimed Drake University’s law school discriminated on the basis of disability by barring from class a dog being trained by a…
A pending lawsuit against Princeton University claims the school discriminated against a suicidal student by pressuring him to leave and exposing medical confidences.
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