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Website Accessibility

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  1. Ohio Employment Law Matters

    Rate of 2019 Filing of Website Accessibility Lawsuits on Track to Top 2018

    By Jamie A. LaPlante

    The rate of lawsuits filed in federal courts related to website and app accessibility has now hit a rate of one-an-hour—that’s 8 per day, 40 per week, and possibly over…

  2. Hunton Retail Law Resource

    The Next Wave of Accessibility Litigation in the Retail Industry: Braille Gift Cards

    By Ryan P. Phair, M. Brett Burns, Torsten M. Kracht

    For the past few years, retailers have been confronted with a tidal wave of litigation alleging that their websites are inaccessible in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).…

  3. Employment Law Worldview

    US Supreme Court Leaves Standards of Website Accessibility Ambiguous, Vexing Businesses

    By Laura Lawless

    Employers already are (or should be) familiar with their obligations not to discriminate against and to reasonably accommodate employees and applicants with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),…

  4. Privacy and Cybersecurity

    Federal Website Access Lawsuit Numbers Increase 7 Percent in 2019, With Possible Bump from Supreme Court Denial of Cert in Domino’s

    By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    By Kristina M. Launey and Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: Website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal court in 2019 are on track to exceed 2018.  Will we see an increase…

  5. Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog

    The SCOTUS Decides Not To Grant Certiorari in Robles v. Domino’s Pizza

    By Joseph J. Lynett

    The much-anticipated decision from the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Domino’s Pizza’s Petition for Certiorari is in. On October 7, 2019, the SCOTUS denied review of a decision from the…

  6. Consumer Finance Monitor

    This week’s podcast: Website accessibility: What are the risks and how to address them?

    By Barbara S. Mishkin

    In this podcast, we discuss the obligation of businesses to make websites accessible to persons with disabilities under federal and state law; enforcement, private litigation and other risks of non-compliance;…

  7. Napoli Shkolnik Blog

    What is the Domino’s Website Case Really About?

    By Napoli Shkolnik

    October 18, 2019 | Civil Rights Recently, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal regarding a pizza ordering website which was not accessible to blind people. But…

  8. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Whether Commercial Websites and Mobile Apps Subject to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”)

    By Kathleen Porter

    The ADA was enacted in 1990 to prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities. It did not include express rules about access to websites and mobile apps. But that hasn’t stopped…

  9. Carmody @ Work

    Are Your Website and Mobile App Accessible under the ADA?

    By Holly Wheeler, Nick Zaino

    In 2018, website accessibility lawsuits increased by 177%. Website accessibility lawsuits can arise when people with disabilities cannot use a company’s website because it does not use current technology. Businesses…

  10. Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

    Supreme Court Passes On a Case That Likely Would Have Clarified the Scope of the ADA Regarding Access to Private Businesses’ Virtual Platforms

    By Jason P. Brown, Robert T. Quackenboss

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case on October 8 that likely would have clarified the scope of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act related to…