JD Supra

New Jersey Court Imposes Limits on State Law’s Near-Limitless Definition of Disability

New Jersey Appellate Division decision finds employee suspected of contracting COVID-19 failed to assert a perceived disability claim under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Decision shows ...
Education Week

Supreme Court Decision Lets Students Sue Schools More Easily for Disability Bias

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with students with disabilities, overturning a lower-court ruling that had required them to meet a more stringent standard of liability when suing their ...
The Conversation

Travellers with disability often face discrimination. What should change and how to complain

Australia’s former disability discrimination commissioner, Graeme Innes, has settled his dispute with Adelaide Airport. His complaint to the Human Rights Commission was lodged after being denied ...
Star Tribune

Minnesota State Fair employee’s case led to new law expanding definition of disability

Minnesotans with intermittent health concerns such as diabetes or epilepsy now have protection from discrimination under the state’s Human Rights Act, and it all began with one woman’s claim against ...
JD Supra

Tenth Circuit clarifies employer defenses to disability discrimination and retaliation claims

In a significant published opinion decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of McAfee & Taft client Aviation Training Consulting, LLC, ...