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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

Playing Cards With a Government That Stacks the Deck - D.C. District Court Radically Expands The "Christian Doctrine" To...

by David Gallacher, Franklin Turner | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/30/2013

On March 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision imposing certain socio-economic contract requirements on subcontractors operating hospitals associated with the University of...more

DOJ ADA Settlement Involving Hepatitis B Sends Critical Message to Higher Ed and Medical Providers

by Robert Duston | Saul Ewing LLP on 3/14/2013

The DOJ has concluded that two medical schools had no lawful basis for excluding applicants who had active cases of Hepatitis B because they could not show that these individuals posed a direct threat to the health and safety...more

University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. Will Pay $92,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/21/2013

Medical Practice Fired Employee Because of Her Crohn's Disease, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. will pay $92,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...more

Palo Alto Boy Returns To School After DNA Flap

by Stephen Jaffe on 11/6/2012

A Palo Alto 6th grade boy was allowed to return to his middle school after his family convinced the school officials that they did not need to worry about his genes....more

Boy In School Flap Over Cystic Fibrosis

by Stephen Jaffe on 11/6/2012

A Palo Alto middle school ordered an 11 year old boy to move to another middle school 3 miles away because it believed that his genetic makeup was a health risk to some of its other students....more

New Jerseyans with Disabilities: Still Second Class Citizens

by Salvatore Pizzuro on 8/10/2011

New Jerseyans with disabilities are still second class citizens, despite Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Indivisuals with Disabilities Education Acr, and New Jersey's Law...more

WHAT IS THE HILL-BURTON ACT?

by Paul Parks on 11/27/2010

THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE HILL-BURTON ACT:In 1946, Congress passed a law that gave hospitals, nursing homes and other health facilities grants and loans for construction and modernization. In return, they...more

ARE YOU READY FOR HIPAA? A CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE

by Paul Parks on 11/27/2010

THE HEALTH INFORMATION PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT: HIPAA- A CHECKLIST TO PREPARE YOU FACILITY OR OFFICE....more

Ohio Education Law Monthly (July 2010)

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 7/12/2010

In This Issue: *Health Care Reform: How Will it Affect School Districts? *Teacher Furloughs not a Change in Placement Under IDEA *Ohio Supreme Court Holds Minimum Length of Service Requirements for Maternity Leave do...more

Ohio Education Law Monthly (March 2010)

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 3/1/2010

10 Practical Steps to Avoid Employment Liability in 2010 In January, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that 93,277 workplace discrimination charges were filed with...more

HOW TO HELP THE HOMELESS WITHOUT JUST GIVING THEM MONEY

by Bryon Gross, Esq. on 1/21/2010

In 2007, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty estimated that 3.5 million people in America (1.35 million of them children), were likely to experience homelessness in a given year. While difficult to measure,...more

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