iBrief 7/13/17 - UPDATED!

Week of July 13, 2017

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF
ADA ISSUES

(Answers Next Week)

Day in and day out, we get more questions about disability discrimination and accommodation than any other law. We developed a quiz to alert you to some of the tougher ADA issues. Answers will be included in next week's iBrief™.

(Questions developed by Pautsch Spognardi & Baiocchi Legal Group, LLP)

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