Wednesday, November 23, 2016

DOJ: Final rule interpreting Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires movie theaters to: (1) have and maintain the equipment necessary to provide closed movie captioning and audio description at a movie patron’s seat whenever showing a digital movie produced, distributed, or otherwise made available with these features; (2) provide notice to the public about the availability of these features; and (3) ensure that theater staff is available to assist patrons with the equipment before, during, and after the showing of a movie with these features
First Circuit: In affirming the dismissal of First Amendment lawsuit filed by the former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives against the Maine Governor on qualified immunity grounds, the court held that the Governor reasonably could have believed that his threats to withhold governmental funding to a private nonprofit company because it hired the Speaker as its president pertained to subjects within the Governor’s political ken and broad discretionary authority as governor, and that he was acting lawfully by criticizing and commenting upon the nonprofit’s plan to employ a president with a track record of opposition to the Governor’s priorities with respect to education policy
EEOC: Updated Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination posted
MHRC: December 19th Agenda posted
MHRC: 2017 Meeting Schedule posted

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