In doing so, the district court failed to apply ADAAA standards contained in the ADAAA itself as well as in EEOC regulations and guidance with regard to Summers’ limitations, and also failed to look at them without regard to “mitigating measures” undertaken by Summers
On January 13, 2017, NELA joined a coalition of groups led by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of the Plaintiff-Appellants in Wang et al. v. Hearst Corp. This case involves the appeal of a...
Wang v. Hearst Corp_Amicus Final_011317.pdf
On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, NELA joined a coalition of civil and employee rights organizations in filing an amicus brief in support of the Plaintiff-Appellees in Acosta v. Austin Electrical Services , pending currently in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This case concerns the...
Acosta v. Austin Electrical Servs_NELA Impact Fund Amicus Brief_9th Cir_102318.pdf
On Friday, February 9, 2018, NELA joined AARP and AARP Foundation Litigation in filing an amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Sharon Reagan-Diaz in Reagan-Diaz v. Sessions , pending currently in U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. After Ms. Reagan-Diaz suffered a serious...
Reagan Diaz v. Sessions_NELA AARP Amicus Brief_020918.pdf
On July 21, 2014, NELA filed a motion for leave and submitted a proposed amicus curiae brief in Turner v. Inzer , Case No. 14-11357, pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Defendant Inzer refused to consent to the filing of the amicus brief. The major issues on...
Turner amicus brief_07.23.2014_FINAL.pdf
On January 26, 2017, NELA joined the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and approximately two dozen other civil rights and public interest groups in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of the Plaintiff-Appellant in Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, LLC ....
Luke v. CPlace_5th Cir_Amicus Brief_Filed_012617.pdf