New litigation targeting large health systems in the Southeast and a new Department of Justice settlement agreement show that disability-discrimination in the healthcare industry is on the rise.

With the ongoing and largely successful national vaccine rollout, the path to some semblance of normalcy seems within Summer’s grasp. However, many employers across the country find themselves ...

This program will discuss the continually evolving state of the law surrounding the standard of review and its impact on discovery in ERISA disability benefits litigation. Courts are routinely called ...

Recently, the Labor Department issued final rules revising the claims procedures for ERISA plans making disability determinations that affect plan benefits. Processing Content The DOL noted that ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act and New York anti-discrimination laws afford mental and physical disabilities equal protection in the workplace. While physical impairments previously have received ...

Surge in disability accommodation cases: Employment cases involving federal claims that employers failed to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities have increased ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and Disability Rights NC on April 10 announced an agreement in litigation that began in 2017. The DRNC filed a lawsuit ...

Individuals who have no plans to use disability services but still “test” standards to force compliance with federal disability law can continue to do so, the Supreme Court ruled this week. While the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The department charged with caring for some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable children is now facing new allegations of mentally and physically harming those same kids.

Echoing a recent trend in other states, for the first time a lawsuit has been filed in Minnesota alleging that websites — in this case, belonging to a county and couple of cities — violate disability ...

The article underscores the growing need for experienced disability counsel as more Canadian workers rely on employer-sponsored or privately purchased disability insurance policies. When claims are ...