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Website Accessibility
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Omnizant Legal Marketing & Web Design Blog
Websites for Lawyers: New Developments in 2023
From Google to the DOJ, major institutions are introducing some big changes in 2023 that will impact your attorney website. To keep you up to date, we’re explaining three of…
Technology and AI
UC Berkeley Enters Into Consent Decree with DOJ About Its Websites and Other Online Content
By Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: UC Berkeley and the DOJ resolve an 8-year investigation with a comprehensive Consent Decree that requires UC Berkeley to make virtually all the content…
Consumer Protection Review
New Bill Seeks To Establish Digital Accessibility Requirements for Websites and Apps
By Amanda Beane, Nathan Kosnoff, Perkins Coie
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Representative John Sarbanes have jointly introduced a new bill—the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (the Act)—to address barriers that Americans with disabilities encounter…
Consumer products law blog
CA court shuts down website accessibility claims for online-only businesses
By Jeff Margulies (US), Eva Yang (US)
The California Court of Appeal has issued a precedent-setting decision holding that the ADA does not apply to online-only businesses. The decision brings some much needed clarity for online-only businesses…
Privacy World
Online-Only Businesses Are Not a Place of Public Accommodation: California State Appellate Court Follows the Ninth Circuit in ADA-Related Ruling
Is an online-only business a place of public accommodation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)? Yes, claimed the plaintiff in Martinez v. Cot'n Wash, Inc., 81 Cal.…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
First Circuit Sides with Eleventh Circuit in Holding that a Disabled Tester Incurs an Informational Injury When Denied Access to Information on a Hotel Website, Creating Article III Standing
In Laufer v. Acheson Hotels, LLC, No. 21-1410 (1st Cir. Oct. 5, 2022), the First Circuit agreed with the Eleventh Circuit – and broke with the Second, Fifth, and Tenth…
WISE
California Appeals Court Holds Online-Only Businesses Are Not Subject to ADA – Further Divides Courts Regarding Website Accessibility
By Publisher
By now, business owners and their counsel have become increasingly aware of the high volume of lawsuits filed across the country alleging that commercial websites violate Title III of the…
Accessibility Defense
Quick Hits – fall color edition.
By Richard Hunt
Fall mushrooms are beautiful, but also potentially poisonous, which is a real stretch for an analogy to the disability protection provisions of the ADA and FHA. Here’s a roundup of…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
Some Clarity At Last: California Court of Appeals Holds Websites Are Not Places of Public Accommodation Under the ADA
By Jackie Coffman, Former Attorney Tracey O'Brien, Barbara Grandjean
On August 1, 2022, the California Court of Appeals issued an opinion that will put a stop to website accessibility discrimination cases against online-only businesses brought pursuant to the state’s…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Recent Developments in ADA Website Accessibility Compliance
By Chris Willis, Lori Sommerfield, Kim Phan
Please join Consumer Financial Services Partner Chris Willis and fellow Partners Lori Sommerfield and Kim Phan, along with special guest Matt Ater from Vispero, as they discuss recent developments in…