Today’s blog entry is on a case that we have blogged on before, Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation, decided by the Seventh Circuit on August 5, 2025, here. Our previous blog entry on the case can be found here. The Seventh Circuit had to revisit the matter in light of the Supreme Court opinion... Continue Reading| Understanding the ADA
$890 million in Title III grants moved to the federal office of English language acquisition in December.| Education Week
The office of English language acquisition will once again manage Title III formula grant funds.| Education Week
The ADA turned 35 this weekend. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This week’s blog entry is a two-for-one. In the first case, we discuss a| Understanding the ADA
This week’s blog entry come to me courtesy of Clinical Law Prof. Emeritus Leonard Sandler of the University of Iowa Law School. It asks the question of whether a landlord can charge a pet deposit for an ESA (emotional support animal). Loper Bright also comes up as well. The case of the day is Henderson... Continue Reading| Understanding the ADA
This week’s blog entry discusses ABA Formal Opinion 517. That opinion talks about discrimination in the jury selection process under ABA model rule 8.4(g) which prohibits attorneys from discriminating on the basis of various protected characteristics. As readers of my blog know, this has been a long-standing interest of mine. For example, we discussed peremptory... Continue Reading| Understanding the ADA
The administration is holding back nearly $7 billion for English learners, after-school programs, professional development, and more.| Education Week
On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Stanley, which we discussed here. There is no need to go into the facts as we have already covered that previously. Accordingly, the blog entry is divided into the categories of: Justice Gorsuch’s majority opinion; Justice Gorsuch’s plurality opinion discussing how Title I might apply; Justice Thomas... Continue Reading| Understanding the ADA
Funding for migrant education, English-learner services, professional development, and after-school programming is at risk.| Education Week
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court changed course and dismissed the writ of certiorari that it previously had granted in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, No. 24-304 (U.S. June 5, 2025). In doing so, the Supreme Court passed on the chance to decide the question that had been presented,... Continue Reading| Workplace Class Action Blog
By Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs filed 2,452 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2024 – a 13% decrease| ADA Title III
Picture immediately above is a Track and field starting line (white lane numbers on orange track) Today’s blog entry has been getting a lot of| Understanding the ADA
By Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs filed 2,794 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2023 –| ADA Title III
As the nation’s English-learner population continues to grow , researchers look to the Title III for how to best support these students.| Education Week
Today’s blog entry talks about a case that is not an ADA case at all. However, I do expect the case to have a huge impact on a particular area of ADA| Understanding the ADA
By Ashley S. Jenkins and Kristina M. Launey Seyfarth Synopsis: A Puerto Rico federal court holding reminds us that an animal that performs work or tasks| ADA Title III
By Lotus Cannon and Minh Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: SDNY Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismisses with prejudice a website accessibility lawsuit with vague| ADA Title III
By Kristina M. Launey, Minh N. Vu, and Susan Ryan Seyfarth Synopsis: In 2023, the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal court declined but| ADA Title III
By Minh Vu, Kristina Launey, and Susan Ryan Seyfarth Synopsis: The decline in ADA Title III lawsuits that began in 2022 continues in 2023. New York| ADA Title III