I’m re-cycling a picture from April because there’s another lawyer recycling a money-making strategy that’s been in use for quite a while. I’ve been hired in the last week by two clients who received demand letters from Aluko Collins Sr.,
Continue Reading ADA website demands – same old wine in the same old bottle again. . .
*In just the last 10 days two different courts have taken completely different approaches to Point of Sale (POS) terminals commonly used for self checkout lines. In the more recent decision, National Federation of the Blind, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Associates,
Continue Reading ADA Title III and Point of Sale Devices – technology, regulation and changing expectations
My next Quick Hits blog will discuss federal court decisions in the last month; this special is about only one thing – HUD’s very active enforcement activities concerning the Fair Housing Act, especially with respect to disability rights claims. Here
Continue Reading Quick Hits – HUD and DOJ are on a roll with FHA complaints
“Odd and Ends” is the title of a Bob Dylan concert compilation film that was recently released in digital format.³ My odds and ends are probably not as interesting, but I’ve been busy for the last month litigating claims under
Continue Reading FHA and ADA Odds and Ends
The constellation Canis Major rises and falls with the sun during the hottest part July and August; hence the “dog days of summer.” Although only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun* the courts have been busy
Continue Reading ADA and FHA Quick Hits – dog days of summer edition
Lady McBeth notoriously had a problem with some blood she needed to get rid of. It wasn’t a lot, but suppose she wanted to unload a pint of plasma at her local donation center. Would she be going to a
Continue Reading Need to get rid of some blood? Plasma donation centers and the ADA.
Early last month the Department of Justice filed a “Statement of Interest” in Migyanko v. Aimbridge Hospitality LLC¹ that should give pause to every business subject to Title III of the ADA; that is, every business. Two sentences from the Statement
Continue Reading DOJ announces that there is no safe harbor for physical accessibility.
Serial litigators file lots of cases and that means lots of decisions, sometimes coming in batches. I’ve omitted a few decisions that say nothing more than the cases I have reviewed just to keep this blog manageable. If there is
Continue Reading Quick Hits – almost Bastille Day edition
Almost every claim brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act raises standing issues because, in almost every case, the lawsuit is the result of a plaintiff, usually sponsored by a law firm, seeking out an ADA violation
Continue Reading Transunion v Ramirez – has the Supreme Court put an end to cheap standing in ADA litigation?
Three cases in the last thirty days look at ADA standing and reach different conclusions about what the Constitution and the ADA require. For victims of serial litigation and for courts interested in the coherent application of the text of
Continue Reading Tester standing under the ADA – Getting it wrong, getting it right, and an interesting but irrelevant analysis.
