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Healthcare providers receiving federal assistance must ensure their medical diagnostic equipment meets new accessibility standards by July 8, 2026, under updated HHS regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The requirements mandate that at least 10-20% of equipment like examination tables, weight scales, and imaging devices accommodate patients with mobility disabilities, with noncompliance risking federal funding loss and potential litigation.

There was a time when I thought marriage rights were not my issue. I am a heterosexual man, who grew up in San Francisco with acceptance of all people.

On April 2, the Department of Justice entered into a settlement agreement with edX, a major online college course provider, over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) related to the accessibility of online courses.

On June 7, 2023, recent amendments to the New York Labor Law will take effect and provide expanded protections for nursing mothers. The new requirements largely mirror already existing...

As part of its ongoing effort to secure vital in-person educational services for students with special needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, on December 28, 2020...

On June 30, 2026, a divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, executive order seeking to narrow birthright citizenship.

In my most recent blogs ("Do you really need a court to tell you what the insurance policy covers? Litigating insurance coverage issues? When and how to turn to the courts" ...

On Friday, December 5, 2014, the firm's international arbitration and litigation practice obtained a significant judgment from the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in the first freedom of expression case in the Court's history.

Days before the recent UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the terms of a new Regulation on deforestation-free products.

In the U.S., an employee's freedom of expression, even when using an employer-provided email, has been closely guarded in recent years by the National Labor Relations Board under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.

This is the first of three entries in Hughes Hubbard's "In Dispute" series in which we will examine how some recent bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are incorporating and addressing environmental...

The US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently confirmed that transgender students are protected from sex-based discrimination under Title IX and found that a public school district violated Title IX...

On April 19, 2020, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the "Commission") announced that it has formed a COVID-19 response team to handle reports of harassment and discrimination...

On 28 October 2015, two sets of regulations relating to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ("MSA") were published.

There continue to be regular developments in the business and human rights field that warrant attention from both companies and their stakeholders.

Increasingly, companies will face explicit demands from investors, especially members of the socially responsible investor community, that they provide detailed disclosures regarding internal processes and procedures to assess and manage the human rights impacts of their operations.

Human Rights Watch‘s report seeks to draw attention to the presence of child labor on American tobacco farms.