By: Lindsay Leavitt An entity called Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities Foundation, Inc. (“AID Foundation”) has filed more than 950 ADA lawsuits this year against local businesses and commercial landlords. These lawsuits all focus on relatively minor violations in the parking lot. You can read my earlier blogs about these…
By: Otto S. Shill, III In several states across the country, including Arizona, plaintiffs’ lawyers are bringing lawsuits against businesses for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”). Businesses can easily avoid the headache and expense of such a lawsuit by ensuring that their facilities comply with…
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon attorney, Lindsay Leavitt, is featured in AZ Big Media, online. Read the full article: Here’s How to Protect Yourself From Frivolous ADA Lawsuits .
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon attorney, Lindsay Leavitt, is featured in The Arizona Republic. Read the full article: Phoenix-area activists, businesses go head-to-head in flood of Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuits
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon attorney, Lindsay Leavitt, is featured in AZ Business Magazine regarding ADA cases. Read the full article here.
By: Otto S. Shill, III For employers in western states, labor disputes may seem like remote events that happen between unions and companies in industrial cities east of the Mississippi River. After all, Arizona is an “at will employment” and “right to work” state, isn’t it? But here in Arizona…
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon attorney, John J. Egbert, is featured in AZ Central’s Ask the Experts column. Read the full article: Job Hunt Wise During Long Suspension
By: Chris Mason Beginning December 1, 2016, the minimum salaries for most exempt jobs will more than double to $47,476 from the existing $23,660 required. On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) dealt its long-anticipated regulatory amendments for “white collar” overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act…
By: Lindsay Leavitt In the past few months David Ritzenthaler, a Scottsdale resident, and Santiago Abreu, a Florida resident, have filed more than 450 lawsuits against Arizona businesses alleging an assortment of violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Read my earlier blogs about Mr. Ritzenthaler’s lawsuits here, here…
By: John Egbert On May 2, 2016, the EEOC posted on its website, information about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s positions related to LGBT workers. Among other things, the EEOC warned employers that, in the EEOC’s view, it is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…
