New ADA Standards for Accessible Design will strongly affect owners and developers of real estate *

USA - April 26 2012
On March 15, 2012, the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design went into effect.

Disparate impact claims under Fair Housing Act remain viable as case is removed from Supreme Court docket *

USA - March 22 2012
In an abrupt turn of events, on February 10, 2012, the parties in Magner v. Gallagher (Sup. Ct. Docket 10-1032), a case that presented the Supreme Court with the chance to decide whether the disparate impact method of proving discrimination is available under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), agreed to dismiss the case.

Co-authors: Stephen G. Harvey.

New ADA standards for accessible design will strongly affect affordable-housing providers *

USA - March 22 2012
On March 15, 2012, the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design went into effect.