ADA defense
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DOJ withdraws ADA Guidance – does it mean anything?
Not long after Trump was elected in 2016 the Department of Justice withdrew a number of older guidances intended to help businesses deal with ADA issues. For the most part the withdrawn guidances were out of date and their withdrawal was unlikely to have any effect on businesses with ADA issues.¹ The new Trump administration Continue reading
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ADA and FHA Enforcement News
Letting someone else do your work for you is a very efficient way to write a blog, but I won’t use any form of AI because it seems to be a lot more A than I. Instead this time I’m pointing you to the work of others, with a few conclusions of my own. Let’s 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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We’ve got a lot to say – upcoming ADA and FHA webinars
I’ll be presenting three new webinars in early 2025, starting with “Access Denied: Avoiding & Defending the Expanding Field of ADA Claims” for MyLawCLE on January 17, 2025. My co-presenter will be my colleague William Goren, whose blog http://www.understandingtheada.com is well worth reading. On February 10, 2025 I’ll be presenting “Understanding Accessibility Requirements under the Continue reading
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If at first you don’t succeed. . . alternative milk litigation again.
On November 5, 2024 Judge Jon S. Tigar dismissed the claims in Munoz v Peet’s Coffee, Inc., Case No. 24-cv-01764 in the Northern District of California. I’ve blogged about these cases recently¹ so I won’t go into detail. As might be expected, the plaintiff lost. The reasons were simple. The plaintiff’s first claim was the addition Continue reading
