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Anjana Meza is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Lima, and a law student in the Facultad de Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. January was a difficult month for all Peruvians. Once Dina Boluarte was sworn in as president of Peru in December 2022, protests did not take long to appear. With the new year, we [...]

Judge Michelle Friedland of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Thursday affirmed a district court decision as part of a nearly 30-year-long case regarding the rights of disabled prisoners. The case, brought in 1994 by a class of California prisoners, challenged the state’s treatment of disabled inmates under the Americans with [...]

The Honolulu municipal government signed a settlement agreement on Tuesday to improve paratransit for people with disabilities. This agreement was in response to a complaint in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Honolulu’s city and county government run a public paratransit known as The Handi-Van service for people with disabilities [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools. The case addresses when an individual is eligible for relief under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Plaintiff Miguel Perez is a 23-year-old deaf student whose school in Michigan provided him with an aide [...]

The US Supreme Court Thursday released the list of oral arguments it will hear during the January 2023 session. The court will hear seven arguments in a session that begins on January 9, 2023. The court will first hear arguments in the cases of In re Grand Jury and Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Monday upheld a district court order reducing an award for an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, calling the lawsuit “abusive ADA litigation.” James Shayler filed suit against PCH, LLC (PCH) in 2020, alleging a violation of the ADA and [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in nine new cases, including two cases on liability shields for online platforms. In Gonzalez v. Google, the court is asked to consider the scope of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which broadly shields online platforms from liability for content posted by the platforms’ users. Reynaldo [...]

I am tired of watching my students suffer. Every year I have law students tell me they are afraid to seek counseling because they think it will hurt their chances of being admitted to the bar. Their fears derive from two questions on the bar application that ask about mental health and substance abuse. All [...]

A California District Court Tuesday ruled that Uber’s refusal to provide electric wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAV) does not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the ADA, private transportation entities cannot discriminate based on disability. Private transporters must make “reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures . . . unless the entity can demonstrate [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced that rideshare app Uber will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle allegations that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). DOJ initiated a lawsuit in November 2021 over allegations that Uber charged disabled passengers wait time [...]