Before getting started on the blog entry for the week, I do want to note that the Supreme Court just granted certiorari in a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, asking the question of whether Chevron deference should be overruled. I read the appellate decision yesterday, the Supreme Court does not necessarily have to visit
Hostile work environment
Even the EEOC Can Get Itself Sued and Have to go Through Discovery
Before getting started with the blog entry of the day, I want to congratulate the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers for getting to the World Series. Tampa Bay won in seven games. The Dodgers came back and beat the Braves after trailing 3-1. Good luck to both. Sports are an escape in…
EEOC and Covid-19 Part III
As everyone knows, I rarely post to blog entries in a week. However, there are exceptions. The EEOC has updated their guidance on the pandemic twice since we last wrote, including yesterday. So, I thought it would be a good time to go over the paragraphs of the EEOC guidance that we have yet to…
Hostile Work Environment Issues and Demotion as a Reasonable Accommodation
Next week is Thanksgiving week. My daughter has that entire week off. So, I am not sure about a blog entry for next week.
I have a whole bunch of cases in my pile that I can blog on. When I was going through them this morning, I ultimately decided to blog on a…
Dog in Apartments, Hostile Work Environment and the ADA, and Scared of Needles
Today’s blog entry is a triple play. In the first, we will go over an advice column and discuss what they got wrong and what they got right. In the second and third situation, we will briefly discuss two cases that came down from the Second Circuit recently: dealing with hostile environment under the ADA…
A triple play: causation, adverse action and hostile environment all in one case
Happy new year everyone!
Hope everybody had a happy and safe new year. Back to it!
Today’s case is Sherman v. County of Suffolk, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177780 (E.D. NY December 29, 2014). The case talks about numerous issues: causation under title I and title V of the ADA; adverse action under title…
Does the ADA encompass a hostile work environment claim?
Does the ADA encompass a hostile work environment claim? (I have mentioned hostile environment before but that was in the context of the Office of Civil Rights and education). According to the Northern District of Oklahoma in Callahan v. Communication Graphics, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172148 (N.D. Okla. December 12, 2014), the answer…
height as a disability: Let’s not overreact
The ABA Journal is, again, seeking nominations for its list of the 100 best legal blawgs, the “Blawg 100.” The nomination process is simple. Go here and answer a few simple questions touting your favorite blawgs. In addition to this one, there are many good blogs out there. For example, the ones that I use…