In Hazen v. Hill Betts & Nash, 2012 WL 19388 (Jan. 5, 2012), the Appellate Division (First Dept.) applied the principle “that the New York State Human Rights Law does not immunize disabled employees from discipline or discharge for incidents of misconduct in the workplace”. Attorney Hazen charged hotel rooms, limousines, alcohol, adult movies and…
Read More Bipolar lawyer’s “disability” does not excuse misconductOn November 8, 2011, the United States sued law firm Larkin, Axelrod, Ingrassia & Tetenbaum LLP and partner John Ingrassia under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Plaintiff alleged that on at least three occasions, the law firm prevented its ADA-disabled client, Lauren Klejmont, from entering the law firm’s premises with her service animal,…
Read More U.S. sues law firm for prohibiting disabled client from entering premises with service dogProskauer Rose LLP’s former CFO Elly Rosenthal yesterday filed suit against the firm, alleging gender, age, and disability discrimination. Here is a copy of the complaint: [scribd id=67772042 key=key-2gyaou2mepsj32nqx8f1 mode=list]
Read More NY labor/employment powerhouse Proskauer Rose sued for employment discriminationThe EEOC recently issued its final regulations pertaining to the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. These new regulations significantly modify the existing legal landscape relating to the law of disability discrimination. They include nine “rules of construction” derived from the statute or its legislative history, many of which relate to whether a…
Read More EEOC Issues New Regulations Regarding the ADA Amendments Act of 2008