For families impacted by food allergies, the ability to be a part of the world – to eat out socially, to go to the theater, to visit amusement parks – is...
Food Allergy Related Discrimination Suit Filed Against Panera
A suit was filed today in New York Federal District Court regarding the treatment of a Panera employee who alleges discrimination on the basis of his food...
Disease Versus Diet – California’s Northern District Court Dismisses Suit Against PF Chang’s
On August 6, 2015, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the claims brought by Anna Marie Phillips against PF...
“An Integral Part of the Public School Experience” – Department of Justice’s Findings Against Separation of Disabled Students From Their Peers
Sometimes schools propose separating a child with disabilities from his peers as an acceptable type of accommodation. But is it really? This issue, as it...
Breaking Up is Hard to Do – Food Allergy Complications in Child Custody
While many of our posts so far have looked at discrimination and the rights of food allergic individuals, there are other points of intersection between food...
United States Department of Justice Announces Settlement Against Summer Camp
The United States Department of Justice announced the settlement of a complaint filed by the family of a child with epilepsy against a private day camp...
Grounded: Allergic Passenger’s Suit Dismissed
Alisa Gleason, who has a life-threatening peanut allergy, boarded a flight from Florida to Chicago on United Airlines (“United”) on May 28, 2011....
“Promise and Law” – Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ Ruling about Section 504 and the Girl Scouts
For lawyers who haven’t blocked out the early days of law school, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) stands out as one of those major...
The Big IDEA – Lessons from the US Department of Education
On April 15, 2015, the United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issued a letter about processes to...
