Employer Liability Issues, Employer Responsibilities, Failure to Accommodate

Fourth Circuit Reminds Employees of Their Obligation to Engage in the ADA’s Interactive Process

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/3/2025

The Fourth Circuit recently reminded employees of their shared obligation to participate in the interactive process with their employer when requesting a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act...more

Dealership Denies Disability Dog - EEOC Fetches $30k Consent Decree

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/3/2025

In a cautionary “tail” about the importance of engaging in the interactive process, when a Maryland automobile dealership allegedly denied an Iraq War veteran’s request for a service dog to manage panic attacks from...more

Unleashing Compliance: Navigating Emotional Support Animals and ADA Challenges in the Modern Workplace

Phelps Dunbar on 8/29/2025

A Maryland car dealership has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit centered on an employee’s use of an emotional support animal. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more

Watch the Clock: Fifth Circuit Rules that a Six-Month Delay Can Support a Failure to Accommodate Claim

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/26/2025

In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a factfinder could conclude that an employer’s six-month delay during the ADA interactive process could amount to a failure to...more

Better Late Than Never? Not in the 5th Circuit: Delayed Action on Accommodation May Be ADA Violation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/28/2025

Earlier this month, in Strife v. Aldine Independent School District, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer’s delayed accommodation of an employee’s disability could amount to a failure to accommodate under...more

Employer Liability Issues › Employer Responsibilities › Failure to Accommodate

Fourth Circuit Reminds Employees of Their Obligation to Engage in the ADA’s Interactive Process

Dealership Denies Disability Dog - EEOC Fetches $30k Consent Decree

Unleashing Compliance: Navigating Emotional Support Animals and ADA Challenges in the Modern Workplace

Watch the Clock: Fifth Circuit Rules that a Six-Month Delay Can Support a Failure to Accommodate Claim

Better Late Than Never? Not in the 5th Circuit: Delayed Action on Accommodation May Be ADA Violation

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