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Public Accommodation Title I Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Can Miniature Horses Be in the Workplace?

Recently, we discussed whether a miniature horse qualified as a service animal allowed to enter public accommodations under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The answer is yes, but what does that mean for...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Ah-Choo! Co-Workers' Allergic Reaction to Service Dog in Workplace Impacts Accommodation Claim

We regularly receive questions from employers about their obligation to permit employees to bring their dogs or other service animals to work as a form of accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Employers are...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Regarding Gender Dysphoria’s Status Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

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On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to weigh in on whether gender dysphoria can qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), allowing to stand the Fourth Circuit’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The ADA and Your Website A Guide to Website Accessibility Claims

Most employers know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires reasonable accommodations of employees’ disabilities. However, this prohibition is...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Surfing the “Interwebs” May Not Be a Public Accommodation Issue Under the ADA, According to 11th Circuit

In a long-awaited opinion, the Eleventh Circuit held that websites are not places of public accommodation for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). When employers think of the ADA, the first thing that likely...more

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A ‘Get Out of Masking Free’ Card Based on the ADA?

It should come as no surprise that the masking debate continues to heat up. In the past week, news outlets and social media platforms have been abuzz about face mask exemption cards....more

Fisher Phillips

Service Animals, Assistance Animals, Comfort Animals—And The Occasional Miniature Horse - A Practical Business Guide To Federal...

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Given the menagerie of terms, it is easy to see why some business owners are quite confused about what to do when they are asked to permit an animal in their places of business. Part of the confusion comes from the multitude...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

[WEBINAR] Creating an Accessible City

This webinar by Best Best & Krieger LLP Partner Michael Maurer covers the basic requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act as it relates to public facilities, with an emphasis on the public right of way. Michael...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The Rising Tide of ADA Litigation Against Health Care Entities

Over the past several years, health care entities have increasingly become the target of private and government plaintiffs complaining of disability discrimination. A crescendo of litigation has engulfed the health care...more

Littler

Dear Littler: How Do You Address Employee Service Animal Accommodation Requests Under the ADA?

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Dear Littler: I read a New Yorker article about people bringing their dogs everywhere, claiming they were emotional support animals. It mentioned a dog trying to get into Carnegie Hall. But everyone knows there’s only one...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Final ADA Amendments Act Regulations Expand Coverage

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued final regulations that expand who is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The new regulations go into effect on October 11, 2016. In issuing the final...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Can that Doggie in the Window … Enter my Store?

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Readers will recall that we recently corralled the law on “Assistive Animals” in the workplace, here. Now, in part two of our mini-series, we pony up an explanation of the rules governing the use of service animals by...more

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