http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/diploma-requirements-may-violate-ada-eeoc/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/diploma-requirements-may-violate-ada-eeoc/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:24:26 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26655 Requiring a high school diploma of applicants for a given job may improperly screen out those with learning disability, according to the federal agency. I’ve got more at Cato at Liberty.

Tags: disability & schools, disabled rights, EEOC

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Tags: Baltimore, disability & schools, web accessibility

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Students respond to L.A.’s “healthful” school lunch initiative with a loud “yuck” [L.A. Times, Michelle Malkin/NRO]

L.I.: School suspends students for “Tebow” kneeling in hallway [Newsday]

“Growing number of college students asking for wiggle room with their academic workloads due to mental health issues.” [WSJ]

Proposal to address “learning disability” tangle: give all test-takers extra time [Ruth Colker, SSRN, see p. 126] A.D.H.D. diagnosis and the academic struggle for advantage [Melana Zyla Vickers, NYT "Room for Debate"] “Pediatrician Group Seeks to Boost ADHD Diagnoses” [Sullum]

Will distance technology defeat the teachers’ union? [Larry Sand, City Journal]

Time to repeal Maryland’s awful “maintenance of effort” law on school funding [WaPo, Baltimore Sun] Contra: MSEA, PDF.

French-language cops: “Montreal schools move to scan playground chatter” [Ottawa Citizen]

Tags: Canada, colleges and universities, disability & schools, labor unions, obesity, schools, testing

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/schools-roundup/feed/ 3 http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/a-swipe-at-school-choice/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/a-swipe-at-school-choice/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:31:19 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25566 “The Department of Justice has begun an investigation into Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction, probing whether Milwaukee’s state-administered voucher system is discriminating against students with disabilities.” [Joy Resmowits, Huffington Post]

Tags: disability & schools, Milwaukee, schools, Wisconsin

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/a-swipe-at-school-choice/feed/ 4 http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/wave-of-new-disabilities-swamps-school-budgets/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/wave-of-new-disabilities-swamps-school-budgets/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:41:37 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24752 According to one expert, “special education’s share of school budgets has jumped to an average of 21% in 2005, from just 4% in 1970.” A major contributor: “hidden disabilities” like chronic fatigue syndrome, ADHD, migraines, multiple chemical sensitivity and fibromyalgia that can precipitate demands for expensive accommodations such as home tutoring at school district expense. [Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ]

Tags: disability & schools

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/wave-of-new-disabilities-swamps-school-budgets/feed/ 16 http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/to-get-the-check-youve-got-to-medicate-the-child/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/to-get-the-check-youve-got-to-medicate-the-child/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:52:41 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20690 The ghastly incentives created by the federal SSI dependent disability program [Boston Globe series first, second, third parts, more]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/to-get-the-check-youve-got-to-medicate-the-child/feed/ 8 http://overlawyered.com/2010/08/ada-feds-intervened-against-college-kindles/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/08/ada-feds-intervened-against-college-kindles/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:35:19 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18784 When several universities put out word that they were considering lightening the textbook load on their student body by moving to e-book formats, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division put them under investigation for possible violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The targets soon buckled: “The schools denied violating the ADA but agreed that until the Kindle was fully accessible, nobody would use it.” [Byron York, Examiner]

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“Trademark Infringement Suit by AAJ Against Another Trial Lawyer Group to Go to Trial” [Qualters, NLJ]

NPR covers SLAPP suits [On the Media]

Wi-fi, junk science, loser-pays and lawsuit lunacy [Popehat, Chicago Tribune, earlier here and here]

Metro-East Illinois attorney Rex Carr told to pay $635K in sanctions for bad faith suits against former partners [Belleville News-Democrat, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Courthouse News]

Sheep with the bends: “Animal Rights Groups Getting Clever With the Law” [WSJ Law Blog]

Canada: “Comedian Charged With Human Rights Violation By Lesbian Insulted At Club” [Turley]

Princeton freshman sues after being denied extra time to complete test [Princeton Packet via Obscure Store]

Eric Turkewitz: why my April Fool’s prank wasn’t an ethical violation under NY rules [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] Update: Colin Samuels recounts the whole affair at Infamy or Praise.

Tags: AAJ, animal rights, cellphones, disability & schools, free speech in Canada, libel slander and defamation, Madison County

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