Change in Leadership of the ADA Title III Enforcement Team at the Justice...
By Minh N. Vu We just learned that, effective June 11, 2012 Allison Nichol will no longer be Chief of the Disability Rights Section in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. Ms....
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Equal Rights Center Named a Member of U.S. Access Board’s Medical Equipment...
By Minh N. Vu The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act directed the U.S. Access Board to develop standards for medical diagnostic equipment that is accessible to people with disabilities. To...
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Census Bureau Reports 18.7% of Americans are Disabled
By Kristina M. Launey The U.S. Census Bureau released a report containing updated statistics on the population of people with disabilities in the U.S. The Bureau reports that 56.7 million Americans...
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Will the CA Legislature Pass Diability Access Reform Legislation?
By Kristina M. Launey UPDATE: The bill passed both houses of the Legislature and was sent to the Governor’s desk on September 1, 2012. California businesses have for years prayed for relief from...
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If You Like Our Blog, Tell the ABA Today
The ABA is holding its annual 100 best legal blogs competition and we would love to have your vote! We know it’s only been a few months but we are off to a great start, bringing you news and insights...
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Minh Vu Shares Thoughts on How The Presidential Election Could Affect Pending...
Minh Vu, Seyfarth Shaw’s ADA Title III Team Leader and a Department of Justice veteran, provided insights for Law360’s Expert Analysis column today on how a Romney victory tomorrow might impact...
View ArticleADA Title III Team Presents Webinar on New and Proposed Regulations for the...
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice issued final regulations under ADA Title III that substantially revised or expanded the rules that apply to health care providers relating to the accessibility...
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Digital Accessibility Updates from CSUN 2013: 28th Annual International...
By Kristina M. Launey In the past few years, the barriers faced by people who are blind, deaf, or other disabilities in using websites and other emerging technologies has increasingly become the focus...
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Retailer Fights Back Against Serial ADA Plaintiff and Wins Trial Verdict
By Jon D. Meer, Myra B. Villamor, and Andrew C. Crane Many businesses choose to settle frivolous “accessibility discrimination” lawsuits that serial plaintiffs bring under the Americans with...
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Justice Department Continues Crackdown on Medical Facilities that Fail to...
By Chris Palamountain The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in early April 2013 that it has reached five settlements in the past four months with health care providers (a hospital, 2...
View ArticleThe ADA Meets Real Estate: Are Your Leases Ready For CA’s July 1 Access...
By: Kristina Launey As we reported last year, in September 2012, the Governor signed into law legislation reforming some of California’s disability access statutes. Most of those reforms went into...
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All Aboard For Access! Access Board Proposes Accessibility Guidelines For...
By: Karen Stephenson The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has issued proposed accessibility guidelines for the construction and alteration of passenger vessels...
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Retail Store Defendants
By Andrew C. Crane On January 28, 2014, in Martinez v. Columbia Sportswear USA Corp., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for our three retail defendants,...
View ArticleU.S. Access Board To Hold Open Q&A Webinar
By Kristina M. Launey Do you have questions about ADA Accessibility Standards, the Section 508 Standards, Medical Diagnostic Equipment and other Board rulemakings or activities? If so, tune into the...
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LSAC Agrees To Pay Over $9 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Testing...
By: Eden Anderson In 2012, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) filed a lawsuit against the Law School Admissions Council (“LSAC”) alleging that LSAC was discriminating...
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Articles On Rising Website Accessibility Lawsuits Quote Seyfarth Title III...
Bloomberg BNA and Lifezette yesterday published articles about the “explosion” of web accessibility lawsuits, quoting Seyfarth ADA Title III Team Leader Minh Vu. The articles come on the heels our...
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Controversial 60 Minutes Segment on “Drive-By” ADA Lawsuits Highlights...
By: Seyfarth ADA Title III News & Insights Editors Seyfarth Synopsis: Here’s our take on Sunday’s 60 Minutes episode on “drive-by” abusive ADA Title III lawsuits and the legislative efforts to...
View ArticleU.S. Access Board Issues Standards for Medical Diagnostic Equipment
Seyfarth Synopsis: Many years in the making, today the Access Board issued design criteria and other standards for medical diagnostic equipment. Today, the U.S. Access Board issued new accessibility...
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WCAG 2.0 AA Is the New Accessibility Standard for Federal Agency Websites
Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal government has adopted the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Levels A and AA as its accessibility standard for federal agency websites, making it very likely...
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Supreme Court Denies Review of Rules That Vending Machines Are Not Places of...
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court declines to review a Fifth Circuit decision stating that a public accommodation covered by Title III of the ADA has to be a physical place and vending machines are...
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