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OFCCP Week In Review: November 2021

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - The LHD/ERISA Advisor

The LHD/ERISA Advisor - October 2020: Tenth Circuit Finds District Court Applied Wrong Standard of Review in Evaluating Plan...

In Lyn M. v. Premera Blue Cross, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23395 (10th Cir. July 24, 2020), the Tenth Circuit held that a district court had applied the wrong standard of review and incorrectly evaluated an ERISA plan...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Could Possible Predictability Be Coming to Wilderness Therapy Coverage Disputes?

Current trends in litigation regarding wilderness therapy coverage center on motion practice. Courts have been unpredictable with granting or denying defendants’ motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, and recent...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Crosstown Traffic! Facts Surrounding Employee’s ADA/FMLA Request to Avoid Bad Traffic Not Enough

Not all requests for accommodation or FMLA leave will fit into neat boxes like “pregnancy” or “knee surgery.” Because the ADA definition of a disability includes any impairment that affects a major life function, employers...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Employer Finding That Required Mental-Health Examinations Did Not Violate the...

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Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Painter v. Illinois Department of Transportation affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the employer in a lawsuit alleging a...more

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Employee’s Signs of Severe Emotional Distress and Anxiety May Constitute a “Report” of the Need for FMLA Leave

To state a claim of interference under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an employee must show that his or her employer denied benefits to which the employee was entitled under the FMLA. For example, an employee might...more

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