On September 23, Lucy Anderson led a webinar for HR professionals and in-house counsel on how ADA claims play out once litigation begins, as well as what that means for the decisions employers make long before a claim is filed.

The program covered how ADA claims are developed, where employer liability commonly arises, and how employers can make and document decisions that hold up if challenged.

Drawing on real cases and common claim patterns, the session addressed:

• How ADA claims are framed, at the EEOC charge stage and in federal court, including intentional discrimination, failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive process, and retaliation.
• The facts that create risk, and the facts that help employers defend their decisions at each stage.
• Available defenses for each theory of liability, and the factors that determine whether those defenses succeed or fail.

View the webinar replay here.

View the webinar slides here.