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.

In an article published recently in The Wall Street Journal (“Disability Lawsuits Against Small Businesses Soar,” October 15, 2014), staff writer Angus Loten reported that accessibility lawsuits ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's health agency and a nonprofit defending people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have reached an agreement that could resolve a lawsuit seeking action ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former Spotify USA Inc. accounting manager is suing the audio streaming company and her supervisor for racial and disability discrimination, claiming she was passed over for promotions and fired ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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GRAND FORKS — In an effort to preserve an important, though sordid, piece of the state's history, The Arc of North Dakota has donated records from its 1980 class-action lawsuit that forever changed ...