Things have been absolutely crazy this week between client matters, the Jewish new year, and speaking engagements. I do want to wish everyone celebrating a happy new year. As everyone knows, I have a very strong interest in the intersection of the ADA and sports. In the very first edition of my book, which
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Medical Licensing Boards, Physician Health Programs, and the Lack of ADA Compliance: an Opportunity for Plaintiff Lawyers
Understanding the ADA Greatest Hits of 2018
As promised, this week I am putting up the 2018 understanding the ADA greatest hits blog entry. It was a great year for the blog making the ABA 100 for the fifth year in a row. Simply wouldn’t do this and couldn’t do this without the great readers here. The only thing I will say…
Does § 504 Apply to Independent Contractors?
Previously, I have discussed here whether § 504 applies to employment. Today’s case, Flynn v. Distinctive Home Care, Inc. (you can find my blog entry discussing the District Court opinion here), takes it even further. Today’s case, explores whether § 504, assuming it applies to employment, applies to independent contractors. As is my usual…
ADA and the “Sports Association.”
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…
Where does an independent contractor turn if he or she is terminated on the basis of his or her disability?
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Let’s say that you have a client that is an independent contractor. The following day after disclosing that he or she has a disability, the independent contractor relationship is terminated. Where does this person turn for a remedy?
The first possibility is to show that the client was not an independent contractor at…