Welcome to this quarter’s edition of Disability Law News. This July 2025 issue features an update regarding the upheaval in leadership occurring at the Social Security Administration (SSA), including news regarding the confirmation of its new Commissioner, Frank Bisignano. It also gives an update regarding SSA’s use of Social Security number data for immigration enforcement, the legal challenges to the entry by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) into SSA systems and operations, and the ongoing access problems at SSA’s field offices.
This edition also covers several other operational and policy changes, including the rescission of several work-related Social Security Rulings.
Also covered is an appeal regarding whether the State is required to credit the value of work towards interim assistance, a summary of new notable Supreme Court, Second Circuit, district court, and agency-level decisions, an updated Bulletin Board, and an endnote regarding the latest scientific discovery by Pepper, a virus-hunting cat in Florida.
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