In this article, Mark Konkel, a partner in FordHarrison's New York office, is quoted discussing the broadened definition of what constitutes a disability in the 2008 amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act and how this has fueled an uptick in claims from workers who were fired after exhausting their Family and Medical Leave Act leave.
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