January 13, 2025
Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed wary Monday of issuing a sweeping decree in a disabled retiree's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit, hinting at plans to issue a narrower decision tailored to the specifics of the case.
January 11, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for a full argument session, in which the justices will debate whether a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify their visitors aren't minors violates the First Amendment and if retirees have the right to sue former employers for benefits discrimination.
January 10, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday about whether retirees with disabilities can pursue Americans with Disabilities Act claims over post-employment benefits, in a case that gives the justices a chance to clear up a question that lower courts have grappled with for decades.
January 07, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear from Cornell University workers looking to revive a retirement plan mismanagement suit and a former firefighter who says federal disability bias law protects post-employment benefits, while circuit courts will weigh gender-affirming care restrictions and a battle over pension annuity payments. Here, Law360 looks at five arguments that benefits attorneys ought to keep an eye on this month.
November 20, 2024
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the U.S. Supreme Court to back the Eleventh Circuit's determination that federal disability law doesn't protect former employees from post-employment bias, arguing a former Florida firefighter is trying to stretch the statute beyond what Congress intended.
November 13, 2024
A Florida city urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Eleventh Circuit's finding that the Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't protect against bias that occurs post-employment for former employees, arguing that an ex-firefighter who challenged the ruling is trying to write an exception for retirees into the law.
October 10, 2024
A pending U.S. Supreme Court case in which a former firefighter alleges a cut in her retirement benefits violated the Americans with Disabilities Act could eventually yield a ruling that brings more people under the ADA's protections, experts say.
September 23, 2024
The AFL-CIO urged the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to overturn an Eleventh Circuit order finding that the Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't protect certain retirees from disability bias, arguing it erred when finding a Florida firefighter with Parkinson's couldn't contest a policy stripping her healthcare in retirement.
September 18, 2024
A retired Florida firefighter called on the U.S. Supreme Court to find that former employees can bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act pertaining to post-employment benefits, challenging an Eleventh Circuit ruling that determined only current employees can file these disability bias suits.
June 24, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday accepted a retired Florida firefighter's request that it decide whether former employees can lodge discrimination suits under the Americans with Disabilities Act related to post-employment benefits.