July 2015

Over the weekend, the ADA turned 25. So where was I 25 years ago? I just received my LL.M. in Health Law from Depaul University (prior to that I had done three years of high dollar value civil litigation), and was the General Counsel for Harris County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority in Houston,

Recently, the Department of Justice issued a guidance entitled, “frequently asked questions about service animals and the ADA,” which can be found here. I thought I would go over and highlight some of the questions discussed in the guidance, especially since service animals v. therapy dogs blog entry of mine consistently ranks as one

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One of the publications that I subscribe to is Disability Compliance for Higher Education . It is an excellent publication for anyone involved with ADA compliance in higher education. Its audience is mainly University 504 and ADA coordinators, University administrators, and professors. One of the cases it featured in its most recent publication

Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July! My daughter and I got to enjoy some fireworks. They do a nice job with the fireworks here.

Today’s case is a long one. In the typical side-by-side version that we all remember from law school, the case ran 30 pages. Nevertheless, there are lots of goodies