Legal E-Bulletin Archive

• An Overview of the Air Carrier Access Act
  Posted May 2009
• The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
  Posted October 2008
• Undue Hardship
  Posted December 2007
• Revisiting Reassignment
  Posted October 2007
• Supreme Court Allows Prisoner to Sue State for Damages under the ADA
  Posted January 2006
• The Problem with 'Interacting with Others'
  Posted August 2005
• ADA Applies to Foreign Cruise Ships in US Waters
  Posted June 2005
• Paratransit System Not Required to Make Reasonable Modifications
  Posted January 2005
• Supreme Court Rules Persons with Disabilities Can Sue State for Monetary Damages
  Posted May 2004
• Ninth Circuit Rules Movies Theatres Must Ensure Companion Seating
  Posted May 2004
• The Burden of the Mitigating Measure
  Posted December 2003
• Court Allows People with Disabilities to Continue Fight Against Oklahoma’s Disparate Medicaid Prescription Plan
  Posted July 2003
• Federal Disability Rights Laws as Applied to Native American Tribes
  Posted June 2003
• Punitive Damages under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the ADA
  Posted May 2003
• Arbitration and the ADA — (HR E-bulletin)
  Posted April 2003
• Leave of Absence as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
  Posted January 2003
• Title II v. the Eleventh Amendment - Post-Garrett
  Posted June 2002
• US Airways, Inc. v Barnett
  Posted May 2002
• Enforcement Procedures and Remedies under the ADA
  Posted April 2002
• Toyota Motor Mfg, KY, Inc. v. Williams: A Decision Summary
  Posted February 2002
• Supreme Court Limits Discrimination Claimants Access To Courthouse: Arbitration Agreements and Title I of the ADA   
  posted August 2001
• A Brief Overview of Enforcement Under Title II & III of the ADA  
  posted August 2001
• Surcharges for Accessibility 
  posted May 2001
• Supreme Court Rules That Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act is Unconstitutional in Garrett v. State of Alabama
  posted March 2001
• Garrett Case Decided:  The Supreme Court Rules on the Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to States
  posted February 2001
• My Experience with Assistance Animals Led Me to the Dog and Pony Show    
  posted January 2001
• Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504of the Rehabilitation Act: The Role of Direct Threat
  Posted November 2000
• Constitutionality of the ADA in Jeopardy?
  Posted October 2000
• Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA   
  Posted September 2000
• Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA (Continued)  
  Posted August 2000
• Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA (Continued)  
  Posted July 2000
• Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA   
  Posted June 2000
• Stadium Style Movie Theatres
  Posted May 2000
• PART III -  Issues Surrounding Questions About Mitigating Measures After Sutton v. United Air Lines  
  Posted April 2000
• Part II: The Supreme Court Opinion in Sutton v. United Air Lines  
  Posted March 2000
• Part I: The Supreme Court’s View Before Sutton  
  Posted February 2000

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