Friday, August 12, 2016

US DOJ: Final Rule implementing The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 for entities covered under title II (State and local governments) and title III (public accommodations and commercial facilities) published in the Federal Register August 11th and will go into effect October 11, 2016
Maine Superior Court: Summary judgment for employer denied on Whistleblowers’ Protection Act claim despite employer’s argument that termination decisionmaker had no knowledge of plaintiff’s protected complaint, where there was a regular channel of communication between person with knowledge of the complaint and decisionmaker, which justified an inference that the complaint was communicated; and there was close temporal proximity between complaint and termination, as well as evidence of pretext
Maine Superior Court: The court entered summary judgment for employer on defamation claim arising out of termination letter that was not published to a third party (plaintiff did not argue “compelled self-publication,” which the court said it likely would have rejected anyway)
Press Herald: UMaine System to pay $30,000 to settle lawsuit by fired UMA athletic director
Bangor Daily: Judge rules EMMC not negligent in releasing man who later died in fire

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