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.

A multi-state lawsuit challenging the right of people with disabilities to live and receive services in the community is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surge in disability accommodation cases: Employment cases involving federal claims that employers failed to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities have increased ...

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 ...

Civil Rights Concerns Continue to Grow as Supporters, Veterans, and Disability Advocates Call for Greater Accountability in Sheffield HOA Dispute. COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, May ...

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.