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Website Accessibility and the ADA? The DOJ Won’t Weigh In.

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January 25, 2018 Over the last two years, there has been an explosion of lawsuits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) concerning issues involving website accessibility. These lawsuits have often involved the vision and hearing impaired and concern whether certain websites impermissibly lack assistive technologies for those types of disabilities. The Internet community […]

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ADA Accessibility, a Must for All Websites?

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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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Five Guys Grilled over ADA Website Accessibility

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August 11, 2017 Last month, a federal district court in Manhattan refused to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed by a legally blind woman under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) against Five Guys Enterprises LLC (“Five Guys”) concerning the fast casual restaurant chain’s website accessibility. What should you do if you’ve been sued for

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Have You Been Threatened with an ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuit?

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July 28, 2017 Many business owners are familiar with Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requirements for physical structures, such as including wheelchair-accessible routes of travel in restaurants.  However, it is less commonly known that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and class action plaintiffs’ attorneys have interpreted the ADA to apply to website accessibility as

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