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Food Allergies Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Carlton Fields

No Soup for You!

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An 11-year-old boy required to eat his homemade, gluten-free chicken sandwich outside a restaurant on a school field trip will get to take his case to trial. ...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Workplace Investigations And The Case Of The Planted Peanut Butter

I’m a week late with this follow-up. (Sorry.) - Two weeks ago, I posted about an employee (fictionally named “Zoey”) who had a peanut allergy. After she asked a peanut-butter-loving co-worker (“Addison”) to be considerate,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Peanut Passions, The ADA, And Co-Workers Who Take An Employee’s Allergy With A Grain Of Salt

Karla Miller of the “WorkAdvice” column in the Washington Post had a doozy last week. I’m going to assume that all the people involved in this story are female. I’m probably wrong, but that will allow me to make up fake...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Food Allergies as Disabilities?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed claims against Lesley University for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Act Now Advisory: DOJ Serves Notice: Celiac Disease and Severe Allergies Now Classified as Disabilities Under the ADA -...

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A recent settlement agreement between the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") and Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts explicitly extends the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

University Agrees To Modify Dining Services To Accommodate Food Allergies under the ADA

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with Lesley University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under which Lesley agreed to modify its food services and meal plan system to accommodate students with celiac...more

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