Disability Law
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BiglawBiglaw Firm Sued Over Discrimination Claims After Attorney's Concussion
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Small Law FirmsShould COVID-19 Status Be A Protected Classification?
People who have recovered from COVID-19 already face significant disadvantages, even if they have fully recuperated from the virus. 
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Labor / Employment, On The JobStopping Drive-By Lawsuits
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Bar Exams, BiglawBiglaw 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. -
Labor / Employment, On The JobFat 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. -
Labor / Employment, On The JobUnbelievable – Health Care Providers Sued For Disability Discrimination
No one should discriminate against people with disabilities, but health care professionals must be extra vigilant. -
Disability Law, Labor / Employment, On The JobEbola, Trypanophobia, And Deafness: What Does The ADA Require?
The questions raised by the Americans With Disabilities Act can't be answered with a simple yes or no. 
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Labor / Employment, On The JobLessons From '30 Rock' On Mental Illness
The show highlights a very real issue faced by many employees and employers in the workplace: mental illness. -
Labor / Employment, On The JobSometimes The Law Can't Save You
The law often struggles with the messy facts of employment law -- and too often it gets things wrong. -
Labor / Employment, On The JobBullying At Work: Are You Vulnerable?
A major common theme: powerlessness or a big workplace power differential. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 04.04.17
Even conservatives are concerned about the damage that invoking the nuclear option for Judge Gorsuch’s SCOTUS nomination will do.
* “This is going to haunt the Senate, it’s going to change the judiciary, and it’s so unnecessary.” Senate Democrats have secured the votes to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that Senate Republicans will invoke the nuclear option, and even conservatives are concerned about the damage it will do. [New York Times]
* It turns out that the Wallace Global Fund tried hire another Biglaw firm to replace Morgan Lewis & Bockius prior to kicking the firm to the curb over its representation of President Donald Trump. Apparently Arnold & Porter “would have been perfect,” but that firm represents Trump too, so it was a “deal killer.” [Big Law Business]
* “It’s like a marriage but infinitely complex. In the beginning, it was appealing, but as you went along you see the synergies are not there.” Following a short romance, it looks like Crowell & Moring and Herrick Feinstein are breaking off their engagement before wasting their time getting married and going through a messy divorce. [New York Post]
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lovelegal ethics a bad name: Remember Tara Lenich, the ADA who was accused of forging judges’ signatures to wiretap a love interest and a coworker in a “love triangle gone wrong”? She pleaded guilty to two charges of illegal wiretapping, and could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]* If you’re a prospective law student with a learning disability or attention disorder, you may be worried about keeping up with the rigors of legal study. Don’t let it get you down. Request an accommodation, but make sure you do so before it’s too late or you may screw yourself out of getting the help you need. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Disability Law, Labor / Employment, On The JobIs Stuttering A Reason Not To Hire Someone?
Is stuttering a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
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Crime, JusticeThe Court System's Unequal Justice For Victims With Disabilities
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Labor / Employment, On The JobSmelly Workplace? A Case Of 'Extreme Gas' In The Ol’ Factory
Can you be fired for farting up a storm (or for associating with someone who does)? -
Education / Schools, Small Law Firms, Solo PractitionersA Potential New Standard For Our Country's Education Benefits, And How Tony Nguyen Plans To Shape It
Meet a young lawyer with an inspiring boutique practice. -
Labor / Employment, On The JobCan Disabling Conditions Protect The Prez From An Adverse Employment Action: Impeachment?
The pain and suffering of willful blindness! The scourge of tone deafness! And the heartbreak of being thin-skinned! -
Education / Schools, PoliticsDo You Know More About Federal Education Law Than Betsy DeVos?
The prospective Secretary of Education has some questions gaps in her knowledge. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
Is There Workplace Weight Bias, And Is It Against The Law?
Employment-law columnist Richard B. Cohen tackles this controversial subject. -
