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Website Accessibility
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Media & Privacy Risk Report
Is Your Website Accessible to the Blind and Visually Impaired? Plaintiffs’ Firms and the Department of Justice Are Taking Notice
For years, we have been documenting the rise in wage/hour class action lawsuits and precautionary steps your organization may take to mitigate the risks and liability inherent in those claims.…
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Nine U.S. Senators Urge Obama Administration to Issue Title III Website Regulations ASAP
By: Minh Vu In late December, nine Democratic senators (Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),…
Understanding the ADA
ScribD Settles and Some Thoughts
Happy new year everyone! Since I started blogging four years ago, I had never taken a two-week break before. Since my daughter was off from school and my wife took…
Employer Law Report
Website accessibility regulations delayed until 2018 but businesses should not table the issue until then
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yet again delayed the anticipated rulemaking for website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The guidelines are now expected sometime in 2018…
Ad Law Access
Plaintiffs Will Continue to Drive Website Accessibility as DOJ Delays Rulemaking
Since July 2010, the DOJ has sought to issue a proposed rulemaking addressing the applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) to private retailers offering goods and services to…
Rush on Business
Justice Department Delays Web Accessibility Regulations While Plaintiffs Step Up Claims Against Businesses
By Rush Nigut
If you own a business and a website you need to be aware of a substantial increase in claims by disabled plaintiffs and their attorneys regarding website accessibility. The plaintiffs…
Other
Articles On Rising Website Accessibility Lawsuits Quote Seyfarth Title III Team Lead
Bloomberg BNA and Lifezette yesterday published articles about the “explosion” of web accessibility lawsuits, quoting Seyfarth ADA Title III Team Leader Minh Vu. The articles come on the heels our…
Minnesota Employer
DOJ Delays Website Accessibility Regulations Under Title III of the ADA Until 2018
In a recent Statement of Regulatory Priorities, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it does not expect to publish regulations regarding website accessibility for places of public accommodation…
Law and the Workplace
DOJ Announces Postponement of the Release of Proposed Web Accessibility Regulations for Public Accommodations Until 2018
Businesses awaiting guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on accessibility of online content for places of public accommodation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
Workforce Bulletin
The U.S. Department of Justice Does Business No Favors By Significantly Delaying Website Accessibility Regulations Until 2018
Frustrating news has emerged from Washington D.C. as the recently-published federal government’s Fall Semiannual Regulatory Agenda revealed that the long-anticipated U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”)…