A recent settlement agreement between the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts explicitly extends the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) to individuals with severe allergies and autoimmune conditions such as celiac disease.
Continue Reading Attention Food Service Providers: Celiac Disease and Severe Allergies Now Classified as Disabilities Under ADA
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Food Safety and Whistleblowing – New Federal Law May Deliver a Full Basket of Claims
By Kara M. Maciel on
Posted in Hospitality
In a recent article “Food Safety and Whistleblowing – New Federal Law May Deliver a Full Basket of Claims,” EBG partners Allen Roberts and John Houston Pope discuss the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”), which was signed into law on January 4, 2011.
This new federal law could have a significant impact…