ADA
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ADA website litigation – latest statistics and my opinion. . .
Seyfarth Shaw’s Title III ADA blog has published mid-year statistics for ADA website filings, which you can find at Seyfarth Shaw Blog. The headline is that filings are up, but there is more to it than that when you look at the rate of filings from 2017 to present. First, the chart doesn’t show filings… Continue reading
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When it comes to ESAs, don’t ask a doctor for advice about the law
On July 1, 2026 the American Psychological Association published an article about using animals in therapy. You can find it here. I’m a lawyer, not a doctor, so I don’t have anything to say about most of the article, which deals with how animals can be used by psychologists when interacting with patients. I can… Continue reading
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ADA 30 Days to Comply Act – an additional thought.
I say “an additional thought” because while I was thinking about what to say concerning the newly introduced ADA 30 Days to Comply Act William Goren wrote his own analysis of the law, which you can read here – Goren Blog. Briefly, the law imposes a 30 day notice requirement as a prerequisite to filing… Continue reading
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What the ADA and FHA are all about.
On December 5 (2025) I argued a fair housing case before the Connecticut Supreme Court. The details are important, but not for this blog. I say that because during the argument it occurred to me that it is easy, while cataloging and describing all the trees in the forest to forget that it is a… Continue reading
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There was an old woman who swallowed a spider – reforming California’s Unruh Act
Update – well, in the fast moving world of the internet it looks like this blog is out of date because the California bill it discusses is unlikely to pass. Nonetheless, the princinciple still applies – it’s easy to legislate and hard to fix the unintended consequences. In the children’s nonsense song written by Burl… Continue reading