Lexology
On September 20, 2017, the Seventh Circuit held a "long-term leave of absence," in addition to 12 weeks of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, is not a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Seventh Circuit's decision brings some welcome clarity to the otherwise murky law on reasonable accommodations.
Settlement reached in federal lawsuit against New Albany
Newsandtribune
A settlement has been reached in a federal case against the City of New Albany for alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act after an officer's personal medical information was disclosed at a public meeting.
According to an agreement dated Oct. 4, the City agrees to pay $100,000 in compensatory damage to the New Albany Police Department officer for the unlawful disclosure of the information, which is in violation of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
12 Philly restaurants reach compliance agreements to remove ADA barriers
PhillyVoice.com
Twelve Philadelphia restaurants that had failed to pass a federal compliance review for the Americans with Disabilities Act have reached a resolution to make the adjustments necessary to get up to standard.
Restaurants operated by Garces Restaurant Group, Starr Restaurant Organization, Restaurant 13 and Longacre Holdings all entered into agreements earlier this week to address a range of findings from inspections over the past two years. The inspections were not related to any specific complaints.
The myth of food lawsuits in California
Sacramento Bee
I was troubled by an op-ed penned by a pair of entrenched participants in the campaign to undercut constitutional legal rights and fatten corporate profits (“Lawyers running amok in California are suing over food,” Viewpoints, Oct. 17).
As often happens in the war against U.S. consumers, propaganda was peddled. But the facts are quite different.
Let’s start with what the authors claim is a “ridiculous” class-action lawsuit against Nutella, a chocolate-hazelnut spread manufactured by what the authors describe as a “family-run business.”
Will Trump DOJ side with disabled plaintiffs in ADA website suits?
Reuters
Businesses are not at all happy about a boom in suits by disabled consumers who claim corporate websites are insufficiently accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. These cases have mushroomed since 2015. Disabled plaintiffs, many of them represented by the same handful of firms, filed 240 suits in 2015 and 2016, according to a Wall Street Journal report on the trend last November. This year, the number of new ADA website accessibility cases has already topped 400, according to the Florida Justice Reform Institute.
Opinion: ADA lawsuits shouldn't be the first solution
Scotsman Guide News
Among other things, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, is designed to ensure people with disabilities have access to buildings alongside everyone else. It’s an important mission that Realtors support.