unruh act
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There was an old woman who swallowed a spider – reforming California’s Unruh Act
Update – well, in the fast moving world of the internet it looks like this blog is out of date because the California bill it discusses is unlikely to pass. Nonetheless, the princinciple still applies – it’s easy to legislate and hard to fix the unintended consequences. In the children’s nonsense song written by Burl… Continue reading
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ADA and FHA Quick Hits – Not quite President’s Day edition part 1
The last six weeks have seen some important or at least interesting decisions under the Fair Housing Act and Title III of the ADA. If there is any common thread, it is that courts in general seem increasingly reluctant to give serial plaintiffs the benefit of the doubt on dubious pleadings while some judges continue… Continue reading
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Quick Hits – assembly line edition.
With more than 40 new decisions in the last two weeks it hasn’t been easy getting this blog out. I’m not the only lawyer with too much to do too fast, as the following cases demonstrate. The problem with industrial litigation In a classic episode of “I Love Lucy” she and her friend Ethel get… Continue reading
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Blogathon – not so quick hits on the ADA and FHA
The blog a day pace I thought I might hit hasn’t happened but I’m not giving up. Here is the first of several Quick Hits on recent ADA and FHA developments. ADA standing – aiming to high leads to a crash and burn. It appears the plaintiff in Rizzi v. Hilton Dom. Operating Co., Inc.,… Continue reading
