Just a quick note for those who want to hear as well as read what I have to say. The Accessible.org podcast interview is available now at any of the following links:
By Richard Hunt in ADA, ADA Internet, ADA Internet Web, ADA Web Access, ADA Website Accessibility Tags: accessible.org, ADA defense, ADA Internet, ADA website, FHA Defense, Kris Rivenburgh, WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1
Just a quick note for those who want to hear as well as read what I have to say. The Accessible.org podcast interview is available now at any of the following links:
By Richard Hunt in Accessibility Litigation Trends, ADA - Hotels, ADA - serial litigation, ADA Litigation Procedure, ADA Mootness Tags: ADA defense, Braille gift cards, COVID-19, mootness, negligence and ADA, Readily Achievable, Service Counters, Strojnik, Voting Rights Alabama
Here’s a very unhappy looking King Richard III contemplating the murder of his nephews and possible rivals for the throne, or perhaps the latest headlines. While the latest cases on accessibility law don’t usually look like light reading, right now they are a cheery diversion from the rest of world events. Here we go:
By Richard Hunt in ADA, ADA - Standing Tags: Access Living of Chicago, ADA defense, ADA standing, organizational standing
By Richard Hunt in Accessibility Litigation Trends, ADA, ADA - serial litigation, ADA FHA Legislation, ADA Policies Tags: ADA defense, ADA Education and Reform Act, ADA Legislation, Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act, Joe Biden
Readers of my blog will recall that Republican efforts in the last few years to reform the ADA not only failed to pass, but also failed to address the real problems in enforcement of Title III.¹ An effort by Democrats is now part of the “Biden Plan for Full Participation and Equality for People with Disabilities.” The “Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act,” was introduced in 2019 bill by a group of Democratic Senators. The proposed legislation will make some very modest improvements in the ADA, but like its Republican counterpart mostly serves to point out deficiencies in the ADA that require far more aggressive action on behalf of small businesses and those with disabilities who continue to suffer from a lack of access to those businesses. More
By Richard Hunt in Accessibility Litigation Trends, ADA, ADA - serial litigation, ADA Internet, ADA Internet Web, ADA Web Access, ADA Website Accessibility Tags: ADA defense, ADA Website Litigation, Browsewrap, Clickwrap, Miracle-Pond, Shutterfly, website arbitration
I’ve written before about the possibility that a properly written clickwrap or browsewrap arbitration agreement could help tame the ADA litigation monster, which like the Hydra seems to grow two new heads for each one that is cut off. A new decision from the United States District Court in Illinois, Miracle-Pond, et al. v. Shutterfly, Inc., No. 19-CV-4722, 2020 WL 2513099 (N.D. Ill. May 15, 2020) confirms that except in cases involving California consumers* a clickwrap or browsewrap type agreement can indeed force a lawsuit to arbitration provided it is properly written and presented to the user. More