In the space of three days in early December four different courts took very different …
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What Williams v Kincaid tells us about interpreting the ADA
Williams v Kincaid is not the first case to consider gender dysphoria as a disability ……
A victory on tester standing – lawsuit by Rafael Segovia dismissed.
Judge Lindsay found, correctly, that Segovia had failed to plead the concrete and ……
What’s bugging HUD – the latest HUD actions based on disability
Conditions on an animal accommodation are o.k., but there are limits. HUD has charged ……
Quick Hits – If you’re going through hell edition.
Dante’s hell was a complicated place, as this map by Botticelli suggests ……
A short sharp shock – the end of the beginning for serial ADA lawsuits?
In Calcano v. Swarovski N.A. Ltd., 2022 WL 1788305, at *1 (2d Cir. June 2, 2022) a case ……
Industrial ADA litigation – “roll me baby, just like a tumbling dice.”
The Rolling Stones famously asked that they be rolled like a pair of tumbling dice, and looking at recent Title III ADA headlines reminded me of just what a crapshoot ADA litigation can be. The good news for businesses is…
Stigmatic injury and how the 11th Circuit got in wrong in Laufer v Arpan
Can the 11th Circuit hold back the tide as King Cnut famously failed to do?² In Laufer v. Arpan LLC, 2022 WL 906511 (11th Cir. Mar. 29, 2022) the 11th Circuit disagreed with the Fifth, Tenth and Second Circuits concerning the injury…
DOJ Guidance on Website Accessibility and the ADA – it still could be worse
On March 18 the Department of Justice published its Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA. Anything that helps businesses understand their ADA obligations is helpful, but the fact that this Guidance was posted on the beta site of…
ADA and FHA Quick Hits – it could be worse edition
Pictures of bombed out buildings and civilian casualty counts are a reminder that aggravating and expensive as ADA and FHA lawsuits can be, taking these disputes to court is a luxury most people in the world do not enjoy. For…