Disabilities Act: firms not ready; many offices have not adapted to handicapped

Article Abstract:

Provisions for accessibility of public accommodations under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) take effect Jan 26, 1992, yet many law firms are unaware that they are subject to the requirements. The Justice Department's ADA Office is emphasizing voluntary compliance although there is potential for litigation. Reviewing a facility and developing a plan for compliance could be sufficient to show a 'good faith effort to comply' according to regulations under the act.

Buildings, Law firms, Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination, Access for the disabled, Discrimination in public accommodations, Public accommodations discrimination

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Solid, conservative and growing; Milwaukee firms expand - mostly outside home offices

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Milwaukee avoided some of the excesses of the 1980s and the city's three largest law firms, Foley and Lardner, Quarles and Brady and Michael, Best and Friedrich are growing slowly and steadily while other regions' law firms shrink. Some law firm growth is due to the opening of branches in the sun belt rather than local growth. Competition is stiff and three mid-size firms, Charne, Clancy and Taitelman, Mulcahy and Wherry and Minahan and Peterson, dissolved in 1991.

Economic aspects, Law offices, Location, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Chicago probe nets conviction; judge found to have fixed four cases, including murders

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Thomas J. Maloney, a judge retired from the courts of Cook County, IL, has been convicted in federal court of fixing four cases, of which three were murder trials. He was the first judge in the country to be convicted of fixing a murder case. In the wake of court scandals like Greylord, both state and Cook County panels are studying ways to reform the judiciary. They think that merit selection may be one good way of depoliticizing that branch of government.

Cases, Bribery, Racketeering, Cook County, Illinois, Judicial corruption, Judicial misconduct, Maloney, Thomas J.

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