Kavanaugh + Co. Care A Lot More About Standing Now That Disabled People Are Involved
Did they pick up this case just to shoot it down?
Texas Struggles To Find Out Who Really IS A Good Boy?
There’s no way that chihuahua in your purse is safety trained.
How LexisNexis CourtLink And Lexis Snapshot Deliver Business Wins
These tools demonstrate that information is power.
Website Compliance And The Americans With Disabilities Act
Becoming an ADA-compliant law firm is not easy, but it is an integral part of an effective marketing strategy.
Morning Docket: 06.24.20
* An entrepreneur who created the world's first "robot lawyer" has secured $12 million in funding. Hope this guy doesn't make a robot Morning Docket writer... [Forbes] * A Pennsylvania lawyer has been disbarred for defrauding his firm by referring people who came to the firm to other lawyers in exchange for a percentage of the fees. [ABA Journal] * An appeals court has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.1 billion for damages allegedly sustained from baby powder that was purportedly laced with asbestos. And this amount is lower than the original verdict of $4.69 billion. [Hill] * A Florida lawyer is in hot water for filing allegedly frivolous lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act. [Daily Business Review] * The unexpected deaths of two attorneys and a series of tornadoes was no excuse for a late filing according to a federal judge. This ruling seems kind of harsh. [ABA Journal] * Two Virginia lawyers have pleaded guilty to extortion for trying to persuade Monsanto to pay them $200 million for a "consulting agreement" to settle Roundup litigation. Sounds like these attorneys could have learned a lesson from Michael Avenatti... [ABC News]
Haben Girma: A Zealous Advocate For Disability Rights
She's accomplished in the span of just a few years what many of us can only hope to tackle in a lifetime.
Shocking! Disabled Employees Dissed By Doctors
Health care professionals must be extra vigilant in their policies, practices, and training -- they are in the cross-hairs of the EEOC.
4 Ways That Lexis® Create+ Delivers Personalized Legal Drafting
Lexis Create+ merges legacy drafting tools with AI-powered assistance from Protégé and secure DMS integration enabled by the Henchman acquisition.
Shocking! Fired For Sleeping On The Job — And Awarded Damages!
Believe it or not, there are reasonable accommodations in the workplace that can -- and must -- be made under the ADA for sleep apnea.
Shocking! Justice Is Not Blind, It Just Can’t Tell Red From Green!
What is color blindness, and is it a disability covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
Stopping Drive-By Lawsuits
Can anything be done to stymie this tide of questionable lawsuits?
Biglaw Associate Fails Bar Exam, Gets Fired, Sues Bar Examiners For Causing Job Loss
If the bar examiners hadn't denied her testing accommodations, perhaps she'd still have a job.
8 Tips For Creating A Comprehensive ‘AI In The Workplace’ Policy
Corporate investment and usage in generative AI technologies continues to accelerate. This article offers eight specific tips to consider when creating an AI usage policy.
Fat Shaming In The Workplace: Is Calling Someone A ‘Big Bottomed Girl’ Actionable?
As of now, fat shaming is, for the most part, a wrong without a remedy.
Unbelievable – Health Care Providers Sued For Disability Discrimination
No one should discriminate against people with disabilities, but health care professionals must be extra vigilant.
Should Lawyers Have Mental Health And Financial Examinations?
Requiring lawyers to undergo mental health and financial examinations would be costly and time consuming.
Ebola, Trypanophobia, And Deafness: What <em>Does</em> The ADA Require?
The questions raised by the Americans With Disabilities Act can't be answered with a simple yes or no.
Lessons From ’30 Rock’ On Mental Illness
The show highlights a very real issue faced by many employees and employers in the workplace: mental illness.