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AI is transforming business operations, but its use in hiring, employment, and vendor management presents key legal challenges.

What you need to know and how to prepare your business and employees for increased worksite enforcement activities.  

For community associations, few issues require more careful balancing of the individual rights of owners and the collective community interests than accommodation requests for emotional support animals (“ESA”). Under the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), state fair housing laws, and local fair housing ordinances, qualified disabled owners are entitled to reside with an ESA even in a condominium, cooperative, or homeowners association with restrictive covenants that limit or prohibit animals on the property. For other residents who intended to live in an animal-free or small animal community, ESA’s can create concerns about health and safety. For the board, ESA’s can give rise to issues such as property damage and noise complaints. Given the need to balance these sometimes competing interests while properly and timely addressing reasonable accommodation requests for ESAs, prudent boards should establish policies and procedures for handling such accommodation requests.
 

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington highlights the importance of clear, documented reasons for employee terminations. In Kang v. The Boeing Company, a case involving a former in-house attorney at Boeing, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Boeing, dismissing the employee’s claims of racial discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment.

Assessing ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Policies: Procedural Pitfalls and Policy Implications in Virginia and Beyond

Recreational Cannabis in Maryland (Part 2 of 2): How Will Counties Use Their Land use Regulations to Limit Dispensary Locations?