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My Disability Blog: Are Older Medical Records Useful for a Disability Claim? You bet
disabilityblogger.blogspot.com | Feb 3, 2012
My Disability Blog Friday, February 03, 2012 Are Older Medical Records Useful for a Disability Claim? You bet I recently made a post to the facebook page for SSDRC.com which discussed the value of having social security view your older medical records. Someone made the following comment-- "Geee

JURIST - Gazette: Disabled voters polling facilities ruling [Canadian Human Rights Tribunal]
jurist.law.pitt.edu | Jan 27, 2012
Join JURIST on Facebook Google+ and Twitter | @JURISTnews @JURISTopeds @JURISTnotes GAZETTE CITATION Documents in legal news Sunday, February 14, 2010 Disabled voters polling facilities ruling [Canadian Human Rights Tribunal] 8:22 PM ET Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Elections Canada, Canadian

JURIST - Paper Chase: Federal court rules California prison officials failed to protect disabled
jurist.org | Jan 14, 2012
JURIST - Paper Chase: Federal court rules California prison officials failed to protect disabled inmates

Legal Theory Blog: Bloom on Tort Law & DIsability
lsolum.typepad.com | Dec 14, 2011
Anne Bloom (University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law) has posted Blindsight: How We See Disabilities in Tort Litigation (Washington Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Tort litigation operates with a distorted perspective of disability....

Legal Blog Watch
legalblogwatch.typepad.com | Aug 30, 2011
Let ' s face it, you ' re ugly. U-G-L-Y, you ain ' t go no alibi. No, not you, LBW readers! You are all obviously of above-average attractiveness. I ' m talking about those other people over there, the ugly ones who earn less money, marry lower-earning spouses, get offered worse deals on mortgages,

PrawfsBlawg: Amicus Support Requested: Hosanna-Tabor
prawfsblawg.blogs.com | Aug 2, 2011
Leslie C.Griffin and Caroline Mala Corbin have drafted an amicus brief in the Hosanna-Tabor case, which involves a ministerial exception to employment laws and has important implications for gender discrimination. They are asking interested law professors, particularly First Amendment Law

California Business Law Blog: Law Office ofJonas M. Grant APC: California companies continue to
californiabusinesslaw.blogspot.com | Jul 13, 2011
CNN ran another < a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/28/news/economy/California_companies/" target="new" > article < /a > on businesses leaving California for more favorable tax and regulatory climates. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is promising an economic development plan soon, but the bad

Beyond Structured Settlements: Bing Appointed NYLB Superintendent
s2kmblog.typepad.com | Jul 13, 2011
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent appointment of Jonathan Bing to serve as Special Deputy Superintendent of the New York Liquidation Bureau (NYLB) could prove a positive development for structured settlement stakeholders in the anticipated liquidation of Executive Life of...

Rule of Law: Wills, Estates and Succession Amendment Act, 2011 Passes Third Reading
rulelaw.blogspot.com | Jun 9, 2011
On May 26, 2011, the British Columbia Legislative assembly passed < a href="http://www.leg.bc.ca/39th3rd/3rd_read/gov10-3.htm" > Bill 10 < /a > , which amends the < em > Wills, Estates and Succession Act < /em > . < br / > < br / > I have not heard any word on when the < em > Wills, Estates and

California Appellate Report: Spicer v. City of Camarillo (Cal. Ct. App. - May 31, 2011)
calapp.blogspot.com | May 31, 2011
The California Vehicle Code & nbsp;permits persons with disabled placards or license plates & nbsp;to park an unlimited time in zones that are marked with a sign that says you can only park there for a limited time. & nbsp; The theory being that disabled persons may need to park closer (and take