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United States Supreme Court to Review Important Website ADA Lawsuit

Currently pending before the United States Supreme Court is the matter of Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer. The primary issue in Laufer is whether a self-appointed Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) “tester” has Article III standing to sue a hotel chain for its alleged failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website, even if […]

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California Rules that Websites are Not Places of Public Accommodation under the ADA - Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

California Rules that Websites are Not Places of Public Accommodation under the ADA

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of a disability “in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods [and] services . . . of any place of public accommodation.” Whether a website constitutes a “place of public accommodation” under the ADA has generated a great deal of

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New ADA website legislation

New ADA Website Legislation Introduced

Updated February 10, 2021. Each year, litigation related to the accessibility of websites for people with disabilities continues to increase. Most jurisdictions have determined that websites are places of public accommodation that are subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Unfortunately, for some time, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), tasked with ADA regulation and

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Website Accessibility Lawsuit Calls Foul on the Miami Heat

August 2, 2018  A Florida man has brought a class action lawsuit against the Miami Heat Limited Partnership (“Miami Heat”) for violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Andres Gomez, the Plaintiff named in the website accessibility lawsuit against the Miami Heat, is alleging that, as a blind man, the Miami Heat’s

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ADA Accessibility, a Must for All Websites?

September 22, 2017 The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was enacted to make American society more accessible for people with disabilities.  While many business owners may be familiar with physical accessibility improvements such as wheelchair ramps and Braille signs, fewer are aware that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), class action plaintiffs’ attorneys and some

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