Topic
Website Accessibility
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Larkin Hoffman Employment & Labor Law Blog
Wandering in the Desert – What Does it Mean For Your Website to be Accessible?
Companies are becoming more aware of the need for their websites to be accessible to people with disabilities. But what does this mean and what are the legal requirements? The…
South Florida Trial Practice
How to Avoid ADA Title III Website Cases that Target Hotels & Motels
As I posted last year, the next wave of Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") Title III litigation was going to focus on hotels and motels and their reservation systems. And,…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Website Accessibility – Americans with Disabilities Act Impact
By Su Ross
Background Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) mandates that public accommodation must be provided to disabled persons to allow for the “full and equal enjoyment” of the…
Employment Law
The Current Landscape of Website Accessibility Cases under the ADA in Florida
Florida has long been considered a hotbed of lawsuits filed under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Certainly, that practice has continued with the most recent trend of…
Tech Risk Report
Protecting your Website with an EPL Insurance Policy
By Perkins Coie
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides that No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the…
Consumer Protection Review
Ninth Circuit Rules That Lack of Web Accessibility Regulations Does Not Bar ADA Suits
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision on January 15, 2019 in a closely followed web accessibility case, Robles v. Domino’s Pizza, LLC, reaffirming Ninth…
Technology and AI
Number Of Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits Nearly Triple, Exceeding 2250 In 2018
By Kristina M. Launey, Minh N. Vu, Susan Ryan
As we had predicted, the number of website accessibility lawsuits (i.e. lawsuits alleging that plaintiffs with a disability could not use websites because they were not coded to work with…
Understanding the ADA
Standing in Cyberspace and Other Issues
I know I am late with the blog entry this week, but I have an excuse. I had plenty of client matters that had to be attended to with some…
Technology and AI
Number of ADA Title III Lawsuits Filed in 2018 Tops 10,000
By Kristina M. Launey, Minh N. Vu, Susan Ryan
The number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal court in 2018 hit a record high of 10,163 - up 34% from 2017 when the number was a mere…
The D&O Diary
Ninth Circuit Addresses Website and Mobile App ADA Accessibility
As I have noted in prior posts (for example, here), a few plaintiffs’ law firms have launched a wave of lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) based on…