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Sixth Circuit affirms its commitment to the Constitution and other ADA and FHA Quick Hits
I’ve been posting a lot of blogs in the last few days in an effort to catch up with a backlog of important or at least interesting cases. Just as I was wrapping up this Quick Hits blog the Sixth Circuit handed down its decision in Brintley v. Aeroquip Credit Union, precipitating the blog’s publication. Subscribers who Continue reading
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From Sea to Shining Sea – how different courts deal with serial ADA lawsuits.
Today’s blog concerns a couple of cases reported to me by colleagues in California and New York. They give a snapshot of how courts at both ends of the country are thinking about ADA lawsuits. The snapshot at left is pretty much in the middle, near Telluride Colorado. Welcome to the Hotel California I was Continue reading
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Reasonableness and undue burden for captioning websites – there are precedents
My colleague William Goren recently shared with me some correspondence with an internet service for attorneys that was offering a free webinar. Bill is deaf and was inquiring about captioning for the webinar. The response was that the service through which the webinar was offered didn’t offer captioning. I had looked at the same issue Continue reading
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Lessons about the ADA from the CSUN Assistive Technologies Conference
I’m just departing from the 2019 Assistive Technology Conference with a few prejudices confirmed but with some new ideas as well. I spoke with a number of companies that sell consulting services for web accessibility based on a wide range of business models. Since the website litigation storm broke in 2015 the field has developed, Continue reading
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Websites and Coke Machines – Texas Judge says neither is covered by the ADA
Like Coke machines, websites are not places of public accommodation subject to the ADA according to Judge Sim Lake’s January 24, 2019 decision in Zaid v. Smart Fin. Credit Union, 2019 WL 314732 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 24, 2019). It is a holding of first impression in the Fifth Circuit and it can be hoped it will Continue reading
