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[Virtual Seminar] Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates - September 29th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

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Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more

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What Law Enforcement Executives Need To Know About Website Accessibility Claims

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The new battleground for plaintiffs filing Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) accessibility cases involves claims of barriers, not in physical space, but in cyber space. ...more

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11th Circuit Clarifies “Similarly Situated” Standard for Discrimination Claims

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On March 21, 2019, a 9-3 en banc majority announced that a plaintiff proceeding under the McDonnell Douglas framework must demonstrate as a part of her prima facie case that she and her comparators are “similarly situated in...more

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Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Standard for Identifying Comparators in Title VII and ADA Discrimination Cases

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On March 21, 2019, in Lewis v. Union City, No. 15-11362, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1) clarified the proper standard for the comparator analysis in intentional discrimination cases under the McDonnell...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York’s Highest Court Narrowly Construes New York City Human Rights Law To Bar Disability Discrimination Claims Based on...

Last month, New York’s highest court took the unprecedented step of construing the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) more narrowly than its state and federal counterparts to bar plaintiffs’ city law disability...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan

On May 18, 2015, the United States Supreme Court decided City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, No. 13-1412, holding that police officers were entitled to qualified immunity against a constitutional claim based on...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

11th Circuit Upholds Bar on Claims by Jail Officer with Cancer

The Eleventh Circuit recently held that an officer at a county jail in Florida who was undergoing treatment for cancer cannot proceed with her Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") claim because she failed to identify a...more

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