May 3, 2018 Last month, a federal district court in the Commonwealth of Virginia granted a motion to dismiss (based, in part, on mootness grounds), in a website accessibility lawsuit brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). This ADA lawsuit was filed by Keith Carroll (“Plaintiff”), a resident of Virginia who […]
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March 30, 2018 Last week, a federal district court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts denied a motion to dismiss based on personal jurisdiction in a website accessibility lawsuit brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). This website ADA lawsuit was filed by Massachusetts resident, Stephen Théberge (“Théberge”), who is legally blind,
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March 7, 2018 Recently, a federal district court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts refused to dismiss a website accessibility lawsuit against 1-800-Flowers.com brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by Access Now on behalf of three plaintiffs who are legally blind. The plaintiffs sued in the United States District Court for
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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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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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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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