DOJ takes flexible position on website accessibility requirements

By Olabisi L. Okubadejo on October 11, 2018

While most websites of businesses, including banks and financial services providers, should be accessible to individuals with disabilities, questions exist as to how this requirement is enforced. On September 25, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in which it took the position that “noncompliance with a voluntary technical standard for website accessibility does not necessarily indicate noncompliance with the ADA.” The DOJ’s position,…

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DOJ Takes Flexible Position on Website Accessibility Requirements

By Olabisi L. Okubadejo on October 9, 2018

Most websites for housing providers and other businesses should be accessible to individuals with disabilities. But how is this enforced? On September 25, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in which it took the position that “noncompliance with a voluntary technical standard for website accessibility does not necessarily indicate noncompliance with the ADA.” The DOJ’s position, significantly, does not require conformance with the…

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Businesses continue to face uncertainty, litigation risk in the wake of DOJ’s “inactive” web accessibility rulemaking

By Olabisi L. Okubadejo & Juliana D. Gerrick on August 2, 2017

On July 20, the Trump Administration posted its first Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. For the first time, the Agenda included a list of “inactive” actions to notify the public of regulations “still being reviewed or considered.” The list of 109 “inactive” actions includes the DOJ’s web accessibility rulemakings under Title II (local and state governments) and Title III (places of public accommodation) of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Businesses, including…

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DOJ provides guidance on service animal accommodation for housing and beyond

By Amy M. McClain & Olabisi L. Okubadejo on July 21, 2015

According to a recent Department of Justice (DOJ) settlement, some pets are allowed in the house. HUD filed and settled a civil rights lawsuit against RiverBay Corporation, a New York City-based affordable housing cooperative manager that owns and operates 15,372 residential units – the largest housing cooperative in the country, claiming the company maintained no-pets policies violating Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines for accommodating individuals with disabilities. In light of…

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Service animals in residence halls – an overview of federal requirements

By Olabisi L. Okubadejo on May 18, 2014

Increasingly, students with disabilities bring service animals to college campuses. This means that educational institutions must sort through an array of competing federal and state laws governing the use of such animals in school communities. The Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Fair Housing Act have implications for which animals are permitted in different parts of campus, and what school officials may request of students with disabilities. State laws…

Olabisi L. Okubadejo

DOJ takes flexible position on website accessibility requirements

DOJ Takes Flexible Position on Website Accessibility Requirements

Businesses continue to face uncertainty, litigation risk in the wake of DOJ’s “inactive” web accessibility rulemaking

DOJ provides guidance on service animal accommodation for housing and beyond

Service animals in residence halls – an overview of federal requirements

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