website accessibility
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“Legal Justice Advocates” the new kids on the block for website access demands.
There’s a new kid on the block in the world of serial accessibility demands.** It’s not a boy band, its “Legal Justice Advocates.” They’ve been sending demand letters to apartment owners, mortgage lenders and real estate agents claiming to represent an outfit called “Victims Awareness, Inc.” which, they claim, is a “national not-for-profit” with disabled… Continue reading
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ADA website accessibility litigation – confusion about standards is driving abusive litigation.
I’m not Maimonides, but I do think we need a Guide for the Perplexed concerning ADA website litigation because it seems that in many cases both courts and litigants have mistakenly treated websites as if they were buildings. Websites are not buildings, and recognition of that fact would do a great deal to eliminate or… Continue reading
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Browsewrap could tame the ADA website litigation monster.
In the last two years the federal courts have had a number of opportunities to find that Title III claims under the ADA are not arbitrable and have declined the invitation. That doesn’t mean these cases are in fact going to arbitration. In every case I found the arbitration agreement was found to be unenforceable… Continue reading
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Quick Hits – Dog Days of Summer Edition
The official worst heat-wave ever is now over in both the U.S. and France, but Sirius is still rising just before dawn and nothing has cooled off in the courts. Here are the latest cases on ADA and FHA issues. HOAs and the FHA Lau et al v. Honolulu Park Place, AOAO, 2019 WL 3208644… Continue reading
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