ADA and FHA Defense

Accessibility Litigation

January 22, 2019

ADA Standards – can you sit in a wheelchair while you stand at the bar?

Must there a place at the bar for wheelchair users? Although there seems to be no relevant case law on the subject this is a contentious issue in many of the ADA cases we handle. It’s worthwhile to ask just what the ADA does or should require, or if that question can be answered based Continue reading

Accessibility Litigation Trends, ADA – serial litigation, ADA Bars, Design Build Discrimination, Public Facilities, Restaurants

Accessibility Litigation, ADA defense, Bar accessibility, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, One for the Road, Raised on Robbery., Restaurant accessibility
June 23, 2018

Effective defense of ADA website lawsuits – is there such a thing?

A client of mine recently got a long letter from a defense firm informing it that it had been sued under the ADA and extolling its own expertise in defending website accessibility lawsuits. The letter laid out in some detail the defenses they were prepared to assert in a motion to dismiss, with a description of a possible standing Continue reading

Accessibility Litigation Trends, ADA, ADA – serial litigation, ADA Internet, ADA Internet Web, ADA Litigation Procedure, ADA Mootness, ADA Web Access, Internet Accessibility

Accessibility Litigation, ADA Congress, ADA Defense Lawyer, ADA Website Litigation, website accessibility

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