ACLU, Disability Law United, and the Montana Department of Corrections Resolve Americans with Disabilities Act Claims Remaining from 1994 Class-Action Lawsuit Over Prison Conditions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2017 CONTACT: ACLU of Montana, 406-203-3374, media@aclumontana.org Amy Robertson, Disability Law…
Disability Rights Organizations Oppose H.R. 985
H.R. 985, the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017,” is currently before the House Judiciary Committee. It would eviscerate class actions in many important ways. In our letter to the Committee — joined by 37 other disability rights…
DHS and CBP: Duties to People with Disabilities
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP), are prohibited by § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act from discriminating against people with disabilities (PWD).1 Importantly, this means that PWD arriving at airports and interacting…
Disability Law United to receive a Visionaries in Action Award from the GLBT Community Center of Colorado
Disability Law United is thrilled and honored to receive a 2017 Visionaries in Action Award from The GLBT Community Center of Colorado (The Center)! In notifying us of the award, The Center’s Board Chairman, J. Ryann Peyton wrote that The…
Welcome Marième!
Disability Law United welcomes our winter extern Marième Diop to our Denver office! Marième is a junior at Swarthmore College — Amy’s alma mater — and is originally from Senegal! She grew up in Dakar, and moved to the US in…