Topic
Website Accessibility
574 published works
Consumer Finance Monitor
Businesses continue to face uncertainty, litigation risk in the wake of DOJ’s “inactive” web accessibility rulemaking
By Olabisi L. Okubadejo, Juliana D. Gerrick
On July 20, the Trump Administration posted its first Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. For the first time, the Agenda included a list of “inactive” actions to notify…
The EPL Advisor
Website Accessibility Lawsuits under ADA are on the Rise
In our e-commerce age, lawsuits complaining that business websites are not accessible to vision-impaired users in violation of Title III of the Americans With Disabilities are on the rise. For…
Workforce Bulletin
As the ADA Turns 27, Recent Developments Suggest No End to Website Accessibility Lawsuits
Today marks the 27th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Unfortunately for businesses, two recent developments in the context of website accessibility suggest that there is no reason…
Administrative and Regulatory
DOJ Places Website Rulemaking on the “Inactive” List
By Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: Trump Administration’s first Unified Agenda reveals DOJ has placed web accessibility, medical equipment, and furniture rulemakings under Title II and III of the ADA on Inactive List. Federal…
Employment Law Worldview
Federal Court Holds a Full Trial on Issue of Website Accessibility to Visually Impaired Users
A U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has held that Title III of the ADA, applicable to "Public Accommodations" applies to the Winn-Dixie Companies' website, finding that…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Federal Court Rules Inaccessible Website Violates Title III of the ADA
By Susan S. Joo
The Department of Justice’s (“DOJ’s”) often criticized rulemaking delays have resulted in no new website accessibility rules for places of public accommodation to receive notice of and implement. Notwithstanding the…
Understanding the ADA
Countering Defenses to Website Accessibility Motion to Dismiss
I know I promised that I would not have a blog this week. However, with the bat mitzvah a week from today, I am going out of my mind. Believe…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Federal Court Rules Inaccessible Website Violates Title III of the ADA
By M. Brett Burns, Susan S. Joo
More and more website accessibility cases are being threatened and filed every day. Most, not unexpectedly, settle. Winn-Dixie v. Juan Carlos Gil did not, and what happened next is worth…
SC Employers’ Blog
Florida Court Rules Grocery Store Website is Subject to the ADA
By Drew Rawl
Recently, the District Court for the Southern District of Florida held in Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., that Winn Dixie’s website violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),…
Technology and AI
Plaintiffs Score Another Victory in a Website Accessibility Lawsuit
By Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal judge in the Central District of California has allowed a blind plaintiff to continue his lawsuit about the accessibility of a public accommodation’s website under Title…