POSTED: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 1:05 pm

BY: Joe Yovino, joe.yovino@wislawjournal.com

Leaving unresolved a question that has split the circuits and perplexed employment attorneys, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to decide whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to reassign a disabled employee to a vacant position that would have otherwise been filled by a competitive process.

POSTED: Thursday, May 16th, 2013 at 11:37 am

BY: Associated Press

A Bucks County, Pa., district judge says he fell for a dog owner’s story that her wiener dog had a right to be in the courtroom with her for medical reasons. Now Judge Daniel Baranoski is warning his county colleagues to be on the lookout for similar phony service dog claims.

POSTED: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 at 12:36 pm

BY: KIMBERLY ATKINS, Dolan Media Newswires

It’s an issue that leaves employment lawyers and their clients scratching their heads: Must an employer reassign a disabled employee to a vacant position that would have otherwise been filled by a competitive process?

POSTED: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 at 10:03 am

BY: CORREY E STEPHENSON

Does a food allergy constitute a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

POSTED: Monday, February 11th, 2013 at 9:44 am

BY: Correy Stephenson, Dolan Newswires

Does a food allergy constitute a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

POSTED: Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 at 1:11 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

The Americans with Disabilities Act is back, rejuvenated and stronger than ever.

POSTED: Monday, January 7th, 2013 at 2:40 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-3833 Scherr v. Marriott International Inc.

POSTED: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 at 12:30 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-2848 EEOC v. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

POSTED: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 at 10:20 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-3754 Fleishman v. Continental Casualty Co.

POSTED: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 at 10:08 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-1896 Povey v. City of Jeffersonville, Indiana

POSTED: Friday, August 31st, 2012 at 12:19 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-3358 Hoppe v. Lewis University

POSTED: Monday, August 27th, 2012 at 2:52 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

10-3955 Feldman v. Olin Corp.

POSTED: Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 at 11:29 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-3767 Magnus v. St. Mark United Methodist Church

POSTED: Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at 11:43 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-3292 Hanson v. Caterpillar, Inc.

POSTED: Monday, July 30th, 2012 at 1:54 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

The wired world presents more options than ever for flexible work arrangements. Thanks to the march of mobile technology, attorneys and staff are able to take their offices on the go, working not just from the cubicle, but from the coffee shop, the beach or their own living rooms. But while technology redefines what’s meant by going to work, it can also create potential problems. Some important guidelines can help firm leaders decide when to allow people to work from home and when it’s better to go the traditional route.

POSTED: Monday, July 16th, 2012 at 1:55 pm

BY: WARREN E BULIOX, ESQ.

A good friend of mine — not named Warren — is around 5-foot-9 with boots on, and over the last few years or so has fluctuated between 185 and 200 pounds.

POSTED: Thursday, July 5th, 2012 at 1:23 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

New accessibility compliance requirements for swimming pool lifts under the Americans with Disabilities Act have been delayed until Jan. 31, 2013, the Justice Department has announced.

POSTED: Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 at 10:49 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-1949 Ekstrand v. School District of Somerset

POSTED: Friday, May 25th, 2012 at 11:04 am

BY: Associated Press

The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled.

POSTED: Monday, March 26th, 2012 at 12:38 pm

BY: SYLVIA HSIEH, Dolan Media Newswires

The slow economy and competitive labor market may be contributing to the upswing in discrimination claims by pregnant women in the workplace, employment attorneys say.

POSTED: Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 12:55 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

11-1774 EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc.

POSTED: Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 1:26 pm

BY: Associated Press

The federal government is suing international trucking company Celadon, claiming it illegally forced job applicants to take medical examinations and didn’t hire those it perceived as being disabled.

POSTED: Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 2:26 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

10-2363 Powers v. USF Holland, Inc.

POSTED: Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 12:13 pm

BY: KIMBERLY ATKINS, Dolan Media Newswires

The vast majority of publicly accessible properties – including hotels, stores, banks, movies theaters, doctors’ offices and barber shops – will be affected by new accessibility rules under the Americans with Disabilities Act governing public accommodations.

POSTED: Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 12:44 pm

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

During heated oral arguments in a case involving religious doctrines, government interests and claims of job discrimination, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to carve out just how much constitutional leeway religious organizations have to fire employees without facing a job bias claim.

POSTED: Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at 9:18 am

BY: DOLAN MEDIA NEWSWIRES

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission didn’t stop to enjoy the last burst of summer, instead filing 15 discrimination suits over the last 10 days of August.

POSTED: Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 1:34 pm

BY: Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal agency that handles workplace issues has accused Milwaukee-based Rexnord Industries LLC of firing a woman who suffers from migraine headaches. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging discrimination on the basis of a disability. According to the EEOC, the woman gets migraines and [...]

POSTED: Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 at 10:47 am

BY: Associated Press

By 
DAVE GRAM Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Deanna Jones says she might like to devote her legal career to representing people with disabilities. But it appears she’ll have to win her own fight first. The 44-year-old Vermont Law School student, who is blind, is suing the National Conference of Bar Examiners and the [...]

POSTED: Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 at 9:08 am

BY: Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Fond du Lac man has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Kraft Foods of firing him rather than accommodating his bad back. James L. Brown was hired in 2001 at a Kraft frozen-pizza facility in Little Chute. According to his lawsuit, he missed a few days of work in 2008 to [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 11:04 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Employment ADA; fear of heights A bridgeworker who is perceived to be afraid of heights is protected under the ADA. “After the March 23, 2006 panic attack above the Mississippi River, Miller was formally diagnosed with acrophobia. IDOT immediately precluded him from performing any task required of the bridge crew, even tasks that could be [...]