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“The Legal Politics of Growth Attenuation”

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In a new law journal article, University of Ottawa law professor Ravi Maoltra asserts that growth attenuation procedures violate Canadian and international law and that their proponents base their arguments on outdated views of disability rights.

These procedures made …

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The interaction of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the ADA

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Indiana Law’s Deborah Widiss argues in a new law review article that employers should be required to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees, similar to how they are for people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Court blocks California LSAT anti-discrimination law

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Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei issued a preliminary injunction on February 1, blocking enforcement of a recently passed California law that prohibits the Law School Admission Council from alerting law schools when prospective law students receive extra time …

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9th Circuit allows cuts to move forward.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit lifted a preliminary injunction December 13 that had blocked the state of California from implementing cuts to the rates it pays to Medicaid providers by as much of 10 percent, pursuant to …

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“The past and future of deinstitutionalization litigation”

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In a new law review article, University of Michigan Law School professor Samuel Bagenstos analyzes the implications and consequences of the decades-long shift in deinstitutionalization litigation from a reliance on due process theories to the ADA-inspired equal protection framework.…

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DOJ intervenes in LSAC class-action lawsuit

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After years of settling disability discrimination lawsuits by prospective law students, the Law School Admission Council is now under pressure from the Department of Justice to overhaul its practices.

On October 18, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District …

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“Health Law as Disability Rights Law”

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A recent paper by Jessica Roberts of the University of Houston Law Center argues that the creation of the Affordable Care Act – and the instrumental role played by disability rights groups in its passage – may have signaled a …

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Texas city settles in long-running sidewalk accessibility lawsuit

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The city council of Arlington, Texas approved a settlement October 16 with a class of people with disabilities whom sued the city over its failure to provide accessible sidewalks, in a case that was appealed all the way to the …

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Right to bear arms and mental illness

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In a new journal article, Frederick Vars, a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, questions the rationale regarding modern gun restrictions on people with mental illnesses, amid the Supreme Court’s recent expansion of Second Amendment rights.…

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