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Look Before You Leave: 4th Circuit Encourages Other ADA Accommodations
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an employee could establish a failure to accommodate claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, where the employee requested to be moved to other positions but instead the employer placed him on unpaid leave....
Morning Docket: 08.14.26
* Judge threatens DOJ with contempt in Epstein files coverup case. [All Rise News] * Holland & Knight brings in former partner to defend against $1.2B malpractice case. [Bloomberg Law News] * Litigant hides prompt injection in court filing asking the court’s...
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “How ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Was Rescued From Oblivion — and Blew Up...
The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics
It still amazes me that there are people out there who think that Donald Trump is a supporter of free speech. It has never been true. Anyone who looks will note that the Trump administration regularly engages in clearly unconstitutional attempts to...
Personal injury firm at center of dispute over unauthorized sidewalk messages
{mag_summary}A personal injury law firm in Hartford, Connecticut, has been cited for more than a dozen unauthorized sidewalk advertisements, including one message that said, “Look…
The transformation of Supreme Court arguments
Tomorrow (Aug. 15) is Justice Stephen Breyer’s birthday. He will be 88.At the CourtOn Thursday, the Supreme Court denied a request for a stay of execution from Anthony Darrell Dugard Hines, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Catherine Jean Jenkins. Hours...
Who exactly are the “friends of the court”?
On Oct. 13, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Beaird v. United States, a case brought by a Texas man challenging an increase to his sentence for having a gun after a prior felony conviction. Like most federal criminal cases at the Supreme Court, lawyers for both...
Understanding the court’s next major case on asylum seekers: Wassily v. Blanche
This coming term, in Wassily v. Blanche, the Supreme Court will decide whether asylum beneficiaries are barred from obtaining lawful permanent residency if their asylum status has been terminated. Wassily is of considerable significance. While the termination of...
Strava users still revealing routines of Middle East base life despite geolocation restrictions
CENTCOM declined to say whether the publicly available location data complies with its geolocation rules, how those restrictions are enforced or whether personnel have been disciplined for violations.