ADA Internet Web
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Just a few quick notes on ADA website lawsuits.
I noted this headline in my Google news feed this afternoon: “Attorney involved in dozens of ‘sue-and-settle’ lawsuits around KC may have web accessibility issues on his own sites.” The story was pretty much as expected. Attorney Kevin Puckett files 90 lawsuits for a single plaintiff who claims to be disabled. The attorney’s own website Continue reading
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AI and ADA compliance for websites – what does “equality” mean for accessibility?
Artificial Intelligence, or at least talk about AI, has become inescapable. Like “gluten free” it has been become a marketing tool that doesn’t mean anything. Gluten free toilet paper? – I’m sure somebody is selling it. AI powered paper clips? If not today then certainly tomorrow. Nonetheless, AI is real in the sense that computers Continue reading
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ADA claims in NY State Courts – is there a winning strategy that makes sense?
Federal district courts in New York do not agree on whether the ADA covers internet only businesses and, to a lesser degree, on the extent to which website tester plaintiffs have standing. In response professional plaintiffs and their lawyers have been, for several years, filing suit in New York’s state courts.¹ On its face this Continue reading
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Mootness – the Kraken of ADA defenses
For ADA Title III cases mootness devours or destroys, or choose your word the claims of the plaintiff because under Title III the only relief available to the plaintiff is an injunction requiring the defendant to remove whatever architectural or communication barriers might exist. If there are no barriers then there is nothing useful the Continue reading
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ADA Title II website regulations – is cyberspace a place?
I should begin by acknowledging that this is an editorial, not news. The news is simple – Title II entities must over the next few years bring their websites and mobile apps into conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA. The question is whether requiring that is a good way to do what the ADA is supposed Continue reading
