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Website Accessibility
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Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
DOJ’s Recent Guidance on Website Accessibility and the ADA — What Does It Tell Us?
By Chris Willis, Lori Sommerfield
In our inaugural episode, Troutman Pepper Consumer Financial Services Partner Chris Willis welcomes fellow CFS Partner Lori Sommerfield in a discussion on the U.S. Department of Justice's recent guidance on…
Technology and AI
Website Accessibility Plaintiff Loses After Federal Trial On Standing and Other Grounds
By Kristina Launey and Minh Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: A California federal court decided after a trial that a blind plaintiff did not have standing to bring a lawsuit about an…
Duff on Hospitality Law
Online Travel Update: Trivago Is Fined for Misleading Room Rates; Travel Influencers Are Under a Legal Microscope; and the U.K. Announces New Rules on Fake Reviews
By Greg Duff
We begin this week’s Update with the promised overview of the DOJ’s recent guidance on the ADA and website accessibility. Enjoy. Expedia Group’s Trivago Fined for Misleading Room Rates(“Trivago fined…
AdLaw By Request®
New Digital accessibility guidance: what brands need to know
The Department of Justice recently released new guidance describing how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can make sure that their websites are accessible to people…
School Law
Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA
By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Rauchell Beckford-Anderson
On March 18, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides considerations for state and local governments, schools, and businesses…
Employment Law Letter
Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA
By Dori Pagé Antonetti, Rauchell Beckford-Anderson
On March 18, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides considerations for state and local governments, schools,…
Ad Law Access
DOJ Guidance on Website Accessibility Provides Little Clarity
By Gonzalo E. Mon, Geoffrey W. Castello, James B. Saylor, Christopher V. Drury, Kelley Drye
Website accessibility lawsuits continue to be big business for plaintiffs’ attorneys. Every year since 2018, over 2,000 of such suits have been filed in federal courts, and many other suits…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Circuit Courts Split on Standing to Sue in ADA Title III Website Accessibility Claims
By Joseph J. Lynett, Jennifer Rusie, Mendy Halberstam
On standing to sue under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), two U.S. Circuit Courts have arrived at opposite conclusions where the plaintiffs did not allege any…
Consumer Protection Review
Justice Department Issues ADA Web Accessibility Guidance
By Amanda Beane, Maisie Ide, Perkins Coie
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance (Web Accessibility Guidance) advising state and local governments and businesses open to the public on how to…
Technology and AI
Bringing Website Accessibility Lawsuits in New York Just Got a Little Harder for Repeat Plaintiffs
By Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent Second Circuit decision holds that a plaintiff’s encounter with an alleged legal violation on a website, without more, does not give that…