649 ABA Journal Disability Law articles.
Complaints of job discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose 9 percent last year, the highest one-year increase since 1993.
The agency received 82,792 private sector discrimination charges,…
Mar 6, 2008 7:13 PM CST
Portland lawyer Steve Novick is taking a humorous look at his disabilities and his looks in YouTube ads seeking support for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate in Oregon.
…Feb 29, 2008 3:40 PM CST
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether Congress intended to protect federal workers from retaliation for making age discrimination complaints. Today it will take up a second case about the…
Feb 20, 2008 2:45 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has dropped a case from its docket in which an injured Wal-Mart worker contended she should been given preference for an open position.
The case was…
Jan 14, 2008 5:08 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in two cases, one dealing with the constitutionality of Indiana’s voter ID law and the other…
Jan 9, 2008 1:28 PM CST
A Massachusetts appeals court has affirmed dismissal of a legal secretary’s disability lawsuit against Peabody & Arnold based on evidence turned up by a private detective.
The secretary, Teresa Brooks,…
Jan 9, 2008 12:01 PM CST
And employees are finding they have fewer places to hide
Jan 1, 2008 8:53 PM CST
As the backlog of Social Security disability cases grows, more people are waiting longer for decisions on their appeals—up to three years, in many cases.
In the meantime, some lose…
Dec 10, 2007 1:20 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a worker who cannot perform her present job because of a disability should be given preference for an open position.
The…
Dec 10, 2007 12:23 PM CST
Siding with a 76-year-old worker who injured her back bending over to pick up some dropped brochures, the California Court of Appeals has reversed a reduction in disability benefits it…
Dec 7, 2007 7:12 PM CST
A 52-year-old partner has sued his former New Jersey law firm for age discrimination.
James Toll claims in his suit that he was forced out of Sills Cummis & Gross…
Nov 27, 2007 2:09 PM CST
Plaintiffs who contend Target failed to make its Web site accessible to the blind have won class action status for their lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of San…
Oct 3, 2007 1:35 PM CDT
An insurance company’s aggressive surveillance of an injured woman has led a federal appeals court to reopen the insurer’s decision to cut off disability benefits.
Hartford Insurance Co. continued the…
Sep 17, 2007 1:31 PM CDT
The Social Security Administration is warning that a judge’s immigration ruling could cause a backlog of work for agency employees at the same time of a significant increase in their…
Sep 7, 2007 6:14 PM CDT
Federal privacy and disability laws prohibited high school officials from revealing that the Virginia Tech gunman suffered from a social anxiety disorder.
Fairfax County created a special education plan for…
Aug 27, 2007 4:44 PM CDT
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