I’ve been busy preparing for my upcoming webinar on the Trump Administration’s approach to disability rights, so it seemed like a good time to publicize it. You can find all the details at Access Denied. If you attend you’ll find
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FHA tester standing – the beginning of the beginning of the end?
Even after the Supreme Court’s decision in Transunion¹ and the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Laufer v Mann Hospitality,² challenging the standing of a Fair Housing Act tester in Texas has been a hit or miss proposition depending very much on which District
HUD was wrong about pet deposits – it’s as simple as that.
I’ve written quite a few times in the last decade about the absurdity of HUD’s position that landlords cannot charge a fee or deposit for an assistance or emotional support animal.¹ HUD’s position has never made sense because asking for
Just a few quick notes on ADA website lawsuits.
I noted this headline in my Google news feed this afternoon: “Attorney involved in dozens of ‘sue-and-settle’ lawsuits around KC may have web accessibility issues on his own sites.” The story was pretty much as expected. Attorney Kevin Puckett files
AI and ADA compliance for websites – what does “equality” mean for accessibility?
Artificial Intelligence, or at least talk about AI, has become inescapable. Like “gluten free” it has been become a marketing tool that doesn’t mean anything. Gluten free toilet paper? – I’m sure somebody is selling it. AI powered paper clips?
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider – reforming California’s Unruh Act
In the children’s nonsense song written by Burl Ives an old woman swallows a fly for reasons unknown and then:
- swallows a spider to catch the fly
- swallows a bird to catch the spider
- swallows a cat to catch the
Two blogs for the price of one
My partner, Jeanne Huey, just published her blog “The Stakes Just Got Higher: Texas Legislataure Cracks down on Barratry.” Barratry is, of course, stirring up unnecessary litigation or, more particularly, doing one of several things that have been made a
ADA website litigation – up, down or sideways?
What can be made of this assortment of information concerning ADA litigation over website accessibility?
May 2025 website accessibility litigation – 445 new cases, 123 of which against previous defendants and 119 against websites using some form of widget that
“Toddler mauled by service dog” – the cost of thoughtless disability letters.
The headline was all too familiar, “Toddler mauled by service dog.” We have seen it before when untrained animals were allowed on airlines or in other public places.(6) When it is passenger passing off a peacock as an emotional support
Source-of-income discrimination under the FHA
That title is a little misleading because, in fact, the federal Fair Housing Act does not prohibit source-of-income discrimination.¹ I noted just this morning a case from Maryland² discussing a specific issue related to source-of-income discrimination and thought this was