Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

In the case of Tarquinio v. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (No. 24-1432), decided by the Fourth Circuit on June 25, 2025, the court addressed whether an employer had a duty under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to accommodate an employee who refused to provide medical documentation supporting her request for a COVID-19 vaccine exemption.

In Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court held a disabled former employee who neither “holds” nor “desires” a job is not a “qualified individual” under the ADA and, thus, cannot sue for disability discrimination following her employer’s revocation of retiree health benefits. 

The FTC has penalized accessiBe Inc. $1 million for claiming its “AI-powered web accessibility solution” can make websites fully compliant with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).  According to the FTC’s complaint, accessiBe claimed its “one line of code” made a website compliant with 30% of WCAG’s requirements immediately and initiated an AI process that makes the website fully compliant with the remaining 70% of WCAG requirements within 48 hours.

The Supreme Court of the United States recently granted certiorari in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida—a consequential case about whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers former employees.  The case has practical significance for employers.