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• Hiring--Don't Ask That Question ( October 1999 )
  Grim, Biehn & Thatcher

  Every employer in the United States with 15 employees or more is required to follow the rules under the Americans W.

• Recent ADA Decisions ( October 1999 )
  Gayle K. Rowe of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue

  In three significant employment decisions released on June 22, 1999, the United States Supreme Court reviewed and .

• How to Hire Right and Fire Right Under the Americans with Disabilities Act ( September 1999 )
  Marguerite S. Walsh of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

  INTRODUCTION All hiring and firing decisions should be made with a view towards avoiding potential legal problems..

• Seldom Performed Job Duties Can Be Essentional Functions Under the ADA ( September 1999 )
  Laura S. Scott of Parsons Behle & Latimer

  In two recent cases, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals provided further guidance to employers regarding the practical application of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to employees who are unable to perform all of the essential functions of a particular job.

• Supreme Court Decisions Narrow Definition of Disability ( September 1999 )
  Erin Lewis Roberts of Nexsen Pruet, LLC

  In this article, the author discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have narrowed the class of individuals protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA").

• Labor and Employment Law Update: Which Way Do We Go? Courts are Split in Determining Whether an Employer's Failure to Engage in the "Interactive Process" Creates Liability ( December 1998 )
  Pepper Hamilton LLP

  This update provides an overview of the ADA, criteria for situations of independent liability and guidelines for engaging in the "interactive process" with employees to discuss possible accommodations for disabilities.

• Labor and Employment Update: Myths and Realities: The EEOC Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities. . . One Year Later ( April 1998 )
  Pepper Hamilton LLP

  This update takes a look at the aftermath of the EEOC's 1997 guidance on the ADA and psychiatric disabilities.

• The U.S. Supreme Court Limits The Reach Of The ADA ( July 1999 )
  Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP

  This article discusses the Supreme Court's recent rulings in Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., Murphy v. United Parcel Service Inc., and Albertsons, Inc. v. Kirkingburg.