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Website Accessibility
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Ninth Circuit Rules Website Must Have Nexus to a Physical Place of Business for ADA to Apply
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Failure to Provide an Accessible Alternative Is Not Intentional Discrimination Sufficient to Establish an ADA-Independent Unruh Act Claim By Kristina M. Launey and Minh N. Vu On April 1, 2015,…
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Nation's Only Non-Profit MOOC Platform Provider Leads the Industry With Accessibility Commitment
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Minh N. Vu and Paul Kehoe The Department of Justice (DOJ) and edX today announced an agreement under which edX has voluntarily agreed to make its website, mobile applications,…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Five Reasons Why Businesses Should Take Steps Now To Make Their Websites Accessible
The DOJ announced last November that it again was delaying the target date for publishing its proposed website regulations for state and local governments to December 2014, and its proposed…
Understanding the ADA
Does a web-based business have to comply with title III of the ADA redux
Previously, I blogged on the oral argument in Earll v. eBay and Cullen v. Netflix. On March 19, 2015, the District Court in Vermont came down with this decision in…
Technology and AI
Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments: Are Web-Only Businesses “Places of Public Accommodation” Subject to Title III?
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Christina F. Jackson, Kristina M. Launey, Minh N. Vu Courts on both coasts have grappled with whether Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites…
Technology and AI
Serial ADA Plaintiff Makes Florida News
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Minh N. Vu Serial ADA Title III lawsuit filer Howard Cohan made local television news last week in a story CBS Action News 47 reported after Mr. Cohan filed…
Workforce Bulletin
As the ADA Turns 25, Website Accessibility Issues Pose Legitimate Risks for the Financial Services Industry
While 2014 was certainly a noteworthy year under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“Title III”), July 26, 2015, will mark the 25th anniversary of the ADA (“25th…
Technology and AI
Justice Department Settlement Requires the Museum of Crime & Punishment to Make Website, Facilities, and Tours Accessible
By Minh Vu and Kylie Byron The Department of Justice (DOJ) is continuing to pressure businesses to make their websites accessible even while it is drafting proposed regulations for websites…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Dep’t of Education Negotiates Groundbreaking Agreement to Resolve Website Accessibility Investigation at State University.
By Katrin U. Schatz, Joseph J. Lynett, Jackson Lewis P.C.
In March, we reported on a landmark consent decree that settled the first lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that a corporate website failed to meet standards…
Technology and AI
DOJ Push for Website Accessibility Reaches the Mainstream Media
By Minh Vu and Kristina Launey Although we attorneys who specialize in ADA Title III matters have been dealing with and writing about website accessibility issues for years, most people,…