Seyfarth Synopsis: Emotional support animals will no longer be categorized as “service animals” under the Air Carrier Access Act under new Department of Transportation regulations....more
Seyfarth Shaw Synopsis: Effective December 18, 2017, New York became the latest state to enact a law cracking down on fake service animals.
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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Fry v. Napoleon Comm. Schools limits IDEA’s exhaustion requirement to those cases which seek relief for a denial of FAPE allowing for some claims brought under Title II...more
3/1/2017
/ Accessibility Rules ,
Administrative Remedies ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) ,
Fry v Napoleon Community Schools ,
IDEA ,
Public Schools ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 504 ,
Service Animals ,
Special Education ,
Students ,
Title II
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court has clarified IDEA’s exhaustion requirement to allow claims brought on behalf of IDEA eligible students to proceed directly in court unless the “gravamen” of the complaint seeks relief...more
2/28/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) ,
Fry v Napoleon Community Schools ,
IDEA ,
Public Schools ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 504 ,
Service Animals ,
Students ,
Title II
We recently came across a news story that inspired us to draft this post: A Wisconsin woman and a kangaroo enter a restaurant. (If that isn’t a great joke intro, we don’t know what is.) Another customer calls the police to...more