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Eleventh Circuit in Owens: a roadmap for best practices concerning disability accommodation requests

Mon December 12, 2022 Publications

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently answered the following question: ‘What information does a disabled employee need to provide her employer to trigger the employer’s duty to accommodate her disability?’ While the case decided the question under the Rehabilitation Act, the Court’s decision is also important to employers covered […]

The Legal State of Race: Looking Ahead to 2023

Tue November 8, 2022 News

The U.S. Supreme Court is, once again, widely expected to strike overturn longstanding precedent and do away with race-conscious admissions policies in higher education. In 1978 (UC Regents v. Bakke), 2003 (Grutter v. Bollinger), and 2016 (Fisher v. UT Austin), the Court affirmed universities’ right to consider applicants’ race as […]

Florida Medicaid Minimum Wage Increases to $15 Per Hour

Fri September 2, 2022 News

The minimum wage for direct care employees of Florida Medicaid providers will increase to $15 per hour on October 1, 2022. Lawmakers appropriated $600 million dollars solely for this purpose to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). AHCA will distribute the funds to providers via enhanced Medicaid reimburse rates […]