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October 01, 2012 |

Legal Issues Involving Obesity and the ADA

Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties. Required to walk the grounds as part of her job, the worker wanted to use one of the company's golf carts to get around.
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May 19, 2008 |

Tax Return: Kirkpatrick Hires Former Chief Counsel to Senate Finance Committee

Not many Democratic tax staffers on the Hill have moved downtown lately, but Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis just hired a prominent one: Patrick Heck, the former chief counsel to the Senate Finance Committee and senior tax adviser to Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
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October 01, 2012 |

The Obesity Problem is Growing

Obesity rates among the nation's work force at an all-time high portend claims from plaintiffs demanding accommodations for their condition — and lawsuits against employers that fail to provide them.
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September 26, 2012 |

Employers brace for ADA obesity claims

Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties.
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September 24, 2012 |

The obesity problem is growing, so too are claims

The recognition of obesity as a condition under the ADA comes at a time when Americans are fatter than they've ever been. That will likely lead to more claims by plaintiffs demanding workplace accommodations for their condition -- and more lawsuits against employers if they fail to provide them, according to employment law practitioners.
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September 24, 2012 |

The obesity problem is growing

Obesity rates among the nation's work force at an all-time high portend claims from plaintiffs demanding accommodations for their condition — and lawsuits against employers that fail to provide them.
6 minute read
September 25, 2012 |

U.S. Employers Bracing for ADA Obesity Claims

Obesity rates among the nation's work force at an all-time high portend claims from plaintiffs demanding accommodations for their condition — and lawsuits against employers that fail to provide them.
6 minute read
September 26, 2012 |

Employers Bracing for Obesity-Related ADA Claims

Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties
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September 05, 2005 |

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Lab claimed hospital it partnered with encroached on its turf. Railroad entitled to cleanup costs settles with chemical company for $1.9 million. Terminated project manager claimed he was owed severance, bonuses. Colostomy patient recovers $1.12M for sponge left in his body. Patient blamed impotence on balloon burst in urethra.
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May 27, 2013 |

Latham Fights to Remain in Antitrust Case

Latham & Watkins is fighting to remain lead trial counsel for a freight rail company in a case billed as one of the largest antitrust matters of all time.
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