We earlier reported on a ruling by a California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles that a new law broadening California’s disability bias statutes, effective Jan. 1, 2001, was a major change that could not be applied retroactively. Now a different appeals court in Los Angeles has come to the opposite conclusion, holding that the recent amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act did not radically change state law, which was already more stringent than the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. An employer group is now preparing to challenge the most recent ruling that makes the new disability rules retroactive to cases that were already pending when the law took effect.