Transgender Workers’ Rights Widened in Court’s Disability Ruling August 18, 2022 By Robert Iafolla Transgender workers will gain broadened legal protections in the wake of a recent federal appeals court decision that gender dysphoria...
US: Discrimination Based on Opioid Treatment Violates Law April 8, 2022 By Geoff Mulvihill A deepening opioid epidemic is prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to warn about discrimination against those who are prescribed...
Southeast Senior Living Complexes Agree to Pay $450,000 in Settlement Claims over FHA, ADA Violations September 20, 2021 The Justice Department announced that the developer and owners of eight senior living complexes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina...
EEOC Sues Georgia Facility Over Denying Employee’s Request for Remote Work September 16, 2021 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit that ISS Facility Services, Inc., a workplace experience and...
Oregon Suit Seeks Homeowners Insurance for Disabled Owners of Pit Bulls June 23, 2015 By Tim Fought People with disabilities shouldn’t be turned down for homeowners insurance just because they have pit bulls for service dogs, a...
Judge in California Rules Uber Must Face Suit Claiming Bias Against Blind Riders April 21, 2015 By Jonathan Stempel Uber Technologies Inc. must defend against a lawsuit accusing the popular ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people by refusing...
California Tops ‘Judicial Hellhole’ List December 17, 2013 By Don Jergler California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Beth Gaines Wants More “Business-Friendly” State September 12, 2013 By Don Jergler Although California Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, married into the insurance business, it seems to run in her blood, because it’s...
Court Bars Lawsuit in Oklahoma Airplane Crash July 15, 2013 By Tim Talley Alabama’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit involving a deadly 2005 Oklahoma airplane crash is time-barred and must be...
Fired Oregon Officer Sues: Alcoholism Was A Disability April 29, 2013 By Steven Dubois A police officer fired for driving drunk in an unmarked police car while off-duty has filed a $6 million lawsuit...