Related to: ADA

United States Supreme Court Decides That IDEA’s Exhaustion Requirement Does Not Apply When the Only Relief Sought is Money Damage

On March 21, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools. The case raised the question of whether a plaintiff is required to exhaust the administrative processes under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when the remedy a plaintiff seeks is not available under the IDEA. This…

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U.S. Supreme Court Decides Service Animal Case

February 22, 2017 – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, et al., unanimously concluding that the exhaustion requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) does not apply if the core basis of a parent’s lawsuit is something other than the denial of…

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EEOC Finalizes Workplace Wellness Program Rules

On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released two final rules concerning the use of workplace wellness programs. For the most part, these final rules are in line with the two sets of proposed rules issued last year and you can read more about those proposed rules in this May 2015…

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EEOC Loses Challenge to Workplace Wellness Program

A federal district court in Wisconsin recently dismissed one of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) well-publicized attacks on employer wellness programs. Our earlier legal updates regarding this case and some other EEOC challenges can be found here: August 2014 Legal Update and October 2014 Legal Update. In EEOC v. Flambeau, Inc., No. 14-cv-638…

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EEOC Proposed Wellness Regulations: Many Programs Would Be Allowed…With Some New Complications

On April 16, 2015, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) finally released proposed regulations that would allow many workplace wellness programs to operate without violating the Americans with Disability Act (“ADA”). As summarized in earlier Legal Updates, the EEOC filed several lawsuits last year alleging that some very common wellness programs violated the ADA…

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