The case, which involves a small hotel in Maine, could weaken ADA protections and have broader
ramifications* for the enforcement of other civil rights laws, legal experts say.
It was made somewhat more complicated this summer, when Laufer's former attorney in Maryland
hotel lawsuits was disciplined for improper conduct. After a court order, lawyers for the Maine hotel
accused Laufer of participating in "unethical extortionate* scheme" - an allegation* Laufer
vigorously denies, but (4) one that led in part to her request that the high court dismiss her case.
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