Law Practice
Sep. 18, 2008
Congress Broadens Disability Law
Congress may have opened a door for disability discrimination lawsuits that the U.S. Supreme Court had shut. Wednesday, lawmakers unanimously passed a bill amending the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Congress may have opened a door for disability discrimination lawsuits that the U.S. Supreme Court had shut. Wednesday, lawmakers unanimously passed a bill amending the Americans with Disabilities Act. A series of high court decisions narrowed the scope of what could be considered a disability under the 1990 law. The amendment redefines a disability more broadly, to include any condition t...
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Congress may have opened a door for disability discrimination lawsuits that the U.S. Supreme Court had shut. Wednesday, lawmakers unanimously passed a bill amending the Americans with Disabilities Act. A series of high court decisions narrowed the scope of what could be considered a disability under the 1990 law. The amendment redefines a disability more broadly, to include any condition t...
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