For years, I refereed and umpired basketball and softball. The entity for managing the referees and umpires were associations whose sole purpose was to deal with the referee side of things. Referees and umpires were ostensibly independent contractors (whether they are would be the subject of a separate blog entry and will not be the
September 2015
Alcoholism, Associational Discrimination, Retaliation, and Magic Words
By William Goren on
For my Jewish brethren, I hope everyone survived the gauntlet of the Jewish High Holidays, which ended last night. Again, wishing everyone and their families a happy and healthy new year.
Today’s case comes from the United States District Court’s Southern Division in South Dakota and it takes on issues of alcoholism as a disability,…
Proposed Rules of HHS Implementing the Affordable Care Act Dealing with Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
By William Goren on
Posted in ADA, Guidances, Proposed Federal Regulations, Rehabilitation Act, Title I, Title II, Title V
Before getting started on this week’s blog entry, I do want to wish everyone that might be celebrating the Jewish New Year next week a happy new year. Also, because I am one of the people celebrating the Jewish new year and will have family responsibilities all week, I am not anticipating putting up a…