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“Can I Bring My Dog to Work?”: Service Animals vs. Emotional Support Animals

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Dogs seem to be everywhere you go these days: whether it’s an outdoor restaurant, the hardware store, or your local brewery. While many may wish it were true, employers are not obligated to allow employees to bring an...more

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Tennessee Law Distinguishes ESAs from Service Animals in Restaurants

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Tennessee restaurant owners have likely experienced patrons bringing emotional support animals (ESAs) into their restaurants. Those owners have also likely wondered what restrictions exist under current law on allowing ESAs...more

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No MLB Baseball for Wally The Emotional Support Gator

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Occasionally we see a story in the news that we can’t resist blogging about, and this one is no exception: Last week, an emotional support alligator named “Wally” was denied access to Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia to...more

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Fido, Sit... Stay... and Rollover for Your Court-Ordered ADA Inspection

In the employment context, employers are required to consider whether an employee’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) request to bring a service animal or an emotional support animal (ESA) to work qualifies as a...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Failure to Tie Request for Service Dog to Job Functions Dooms ADA Claim

A recent court decision confirms the complexity of evaluating employee accommodation requests involving service dogs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A military veteran who experienced horrific suffering while...more

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What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Assistance Animals

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This is the second blog post in our new series on Assistance Animals, Service Animals, and Emotional Support Animals. See the first post here. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for blog posts addressing unique questions and...more

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Is the Office Going to the Dogs? “Ruff” Questions on Service and Emotional Support Animals

Can you have a no pets at work policy? What if an employee has a service dog? What if it is an emotional support dog? As with all things legal (and ADA), it depends, and you should give some thought and engage in an...more

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Emotional Support Animals as Workplace Accommodations

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As private employers push for remote workers to return to the office, they have faced an increasingly common dilemma—are emotional support animals permitted in the workplace as a reasonable accommodation for a disability?...more

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What You Need to Know About Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Assistance Animals

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In the last few years, employers, education institutions, and places of public accommodation (e.g., airports, grocery stores, and hotels) have seen an increase in individuals who want to bring their Assistance Animal, Service...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

What Documentation May a Landlord Require from a Tenant With an Assistance Animal?

Laws regarding service and emotional support animals can be confusing to property owners—and guidance can vary depending upon the type of animal and its function. For example, recently, the Department of Housing and Urban...more

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Emotional Support Animals and Access to Public Facilities

Imagine you are in charge of a facility that is open to the public—perhaps a church, a restaurant, a hardware store, or an apartment building. A woman enters with a dog on a leash. She says the dog is a service dog or...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Service and Support Animals: What Businesses Can and Cannot Do

We have all seen it. The unruly lap dog brought into a restaurant, yipping away, or the big dog running through a store dragging along its owner who, of course, claims it is a “service animal,” even though it clearly is not....more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

When Animals Are More Than a Pet: Differences in Rights and Responsibilities for Service and Emotional Support Animals

What is the difference between a service animal and an emotional support animal? A service animal is a dog which has been trained to perform a specific task or to do work directly related to a person’s disability. Service...more

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Service Animals 101: Keep Your Business Out of the Legal Doghouse

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QUESTION: What are “Service Animals”, and to what extent: Must they be allowed on business premises? Can they be refused or removed from premises? ...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Navigating Requests for Animals on Campus

With college student mental health issues on the rise nationwide, college administrators are likewise seeing an increase in requests for emotional support animals to be present on campus. In considering these requests,...more

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DIVERSITY IN THE WORKS: Public Accommodation of Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals

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Executive Summary: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits disability discrimination in places of public accommodation, which includes businesses (including transit) that are open to the public – like...more

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California Governor Takes Action to Combat Emotional Support Animal Fraud

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Seyfarth Synopsis: California enacts new law, effective January 1, 2022, to crack down on fraudulent emotional support dogs....more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Service Animals in the Workplace

Service animals fulfill a vital function for their handlers. They allow people who have disabilities that substantially limit one or more major life areas to function independently....more

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The Zoo at 38,000 Feet

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The final rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals in the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), codified in 14 CFR Part 382 and published in December, took effect January 11, 2021....more

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No More Friendly Skies for Emotional Support Animals

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Emotional support animals will no longer be categorized as “service animals” under the Air Carrier Access Act under new Department of Transportation regulations....more

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U.S. collars owners’ outlandish claims for flying ’emotional support’ animals

Um, no, federal regulators have decided: The nation’s skies no longer will be a sort of bad airborne set for a pop psychology version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Instead, owners of  so-called emotional support...more

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Emotional Support Animals Are Considered Pets Not Service Animals By US Department Of Transportation.

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U.S. Department of Transportation (“the Department” or “DOT”) announced it final rule on “Traveling by Air with Service Animals” on December 2, 2020. The rule will be effective 30 days after the date of publication of the...more

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DOT Confirms That Comfort Animals Are Not Service Animals

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a new regulation, “Traveling by Air with Service Animals,” that substantially revises its rules governing the transportation of service animals onboard aircraft. Under...more

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Snakes Off a Plane

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Acclaimed actor Samuel L. Jackson put it best when he exclaimed in a 2006 film: “Enough is enough.  I have had it with these [expletive] snakes on this [same expletive] plane.”  With its final rule under the Air Carrier...more

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“Goodbye My Little Pony!” – DOT Issues New Service Animal Rules

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At long last, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has brought clarity to the use of emotional support and service animals on airplanes. As many of you will remember, the DOT proposed a sweeping set of regulations on this...more

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