Topic
Accessibility
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Fair Housing Defense
DOJ Announces ADA Settlement Involving the Liberty Bowl in Memphis And Why It Matters to Apartment Communities
Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached a deal with the city of Memphis, Tennessee pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
CommLawBlog
Telecom Providers and Manufacturers: Accessibility-Related Recordkeeping and Certification Requirements Are Now in Effect
By FHH Law
For some time already many, if not most, communications service providers and equipment makers have had to ensure accessibility to the disabled; now they've got to keep records of those…
Business and Commercial
Cal. Supreme Court Says Prevailing Defendants Are Entitled to Attorneys’ Fees in Disabled Persons Act Injunctive Relief Cases
By Kristina M. Launey and Minh N. Vu Plaintiffs suing businesses in California for alleged disability access violations usually assert claims under a number of statutes, including the Disabled Persons…
CommLawBlog
FCC Looks to Bring More Emergency Information to the Visually Impaired
By FHH Law
The FCC is looking to expand its existing rules to require that video providers transmit emergency information aurally using the secondary audio stream.
Inside Global Tech
Netflix Settles Online Closed Captioning Litigation
Recently, Netflix settled a lawsuit brought by the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) that alleged that its online closed captioning practices violated the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). As…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Don't Be A One-Armed Zombie
By Ryan McClead
My wife works for Lighthouse International, a terrific non-profit dedicated to empowering people who are blind and visually impaired. Last week we attended an "experience" developed in partnership with the Lighthouse.…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Who Enforces AODA Standards?
By Lisa Stam
I have questioned the teeth of the Accessibility of Ontarians with a Disability Act (“AODA”) in my past blog post, Where’s the Teeth?. While the fines for non-compliance are huge…
CommLawBlog
Reminder: Video Emergency Info MUST be Accessible to Hearing- and Vision-Impaired Viewers
With tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and the like already upon us -- and many more likely to come -- the FCC has reminded video providers of their obligation to make accessible…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
New AODA Public Space Standards
By Lisa Stam
The Ontario provincial government just released proposed regulations for the accessibility of the built environment. The standard introduces various amendments to AODA’s Integrated Accessibility Standard (Reg 191/11), including the introduction of…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
New blogs joining the LexBlog Network for the week of 6/4-6/8
Wow, apparently this is the week to join the LexBlog Network as we saw nine new publications join our community. Of course, we have a number of AmLaw 200 firms…