Topic
Accessibility
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Technology Law Dispatch
M365 Accessibility: Considerations and Risks Associated with Vision Related Tools
By Anthony Diana, Karim Alhassan, Angela Matney
Almost 20 million Americans — 8 percent of the U.S. population — are blind or have visual impairments. Accordingly, organizations and businesses in nearly every industry stand to benefit from…
Omnizant Legal Marketing & Web Design Blog
Accessibility Overlay Tools on Law Firm Websites Are on the Rise—Here’s What You Need to Know
Accessible websites are a requirement for enabling disabled people to use the Internet—and people with disabilities make up 26% of the population, according to the CDC. Accessibility is more than…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Issues Annual Reminder on the Need for Accessibility of Emergency Information from Video Providers
FCC staff earlier this week released a Public Notice reminding TV stations and other video programming providers, including cable and satellite television providers, of their obligation to make emergency information accessible for…
Technology and AI
Websites Are Not A Public Accommodation Under the ADA, Says California Court of Appeals
By Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeals puts an end to lawsuits against online only businesses in California and calls out DOJ and Congress for inaction.…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Grants Complaint Alleging Verizon’s Premium Visual Voicemail was Inaccessible
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has granted an informal complaint alleging that Verizon Wireless failed to comply with section 255 of the Communications Act and part 7 of FCC Rules,…
Understanding the ADA
Is Virtual Reality a Place of Public Accommodation and Subject to Effective Communication Rules?
Earlier today, I counted the number of cases I had in my pipeline. It came to two dozen. Ultimately, I chose the case of Panarra v. HTC Corporation et. al.,…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Ontario’s ‘Disconnecting From Work’ Policy and Manitoba’s New Accessibility Requirements—Deadlines Approaching
Employers in Ontario and Manitoba have important compliance deadlines in May and June 2022. In Manitoba, effective as of May 1, 2022, employers must comply with the new Accessibility Standard…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Seeks to Refresh Record on Interoperable Video Conferencing Services
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau seeks to refresh record on proposed rules to enable people with disabilities to access and use interoperable video conferencing services given the greatly…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ottawa issues guidelines to remove accessibility barriers in federally regulated workplaces
Guidelines apply to federally regulated organizations
Employment Law Lookout
A Status Update on Hotel Reservations Website Lawsuits
By Ashley S. Jenkins and Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: Hotels have been fighting a tsunami of hotel reservations website lawsuits with good results so far. In the past few years, a dozen…