The litigation landscape for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website claims grew murkier after the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its previous ruling in the grocery store chain’s favor. In Gil v. Winn-Dixie...more
In a long-awaited opinion in Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., a divided Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded what had been a ground-breaking Florida district court ruling, finding Winn-Dixie liable to a blind...more
4/12/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Grocery Stores ,
Public Accommodation ,
Title III ,
Vacated ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Winn-Dixie Stores
Most large and midsize companies have faced a new reality in recent years—make their websites accessible to people with disabilities, or face exposure to lawsuits claiming that the sites violate the Americans with...more
12/20/2019
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Best Practices ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dominos ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mootness ,
Public Accommodation ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Title III ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this year in Robles v. Domino’s Pizza LLC, became the first circuit to expressly extend Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act to mobile...more
10/24/2019
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dominos ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Mobile Apps ,
Public Accommodation ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Title III ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
The new battleground for plaintiffs filing Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) accessibility cases involves claims of barriers, not in physical space, but in cyber space. ...more
5/8/2019
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Law Enforcement ,
Public Accommodation ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Title II ,
Title III ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
In what is believed to be the first Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) accessibility lawsuit to go to trial in Florida, Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, No.: 16-cv-23020-RNS (S.D. Fla. June 13, 2017), Juan Carlos Gil prevailed...more
6/14/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Grocery Stores ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Public Accommodation ,
Rewards Programs ,
Title III ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Winn-Dixie Stores
The new battleground for Plaintiffs filing ADA accessibility cases involves claims of barriers not in physical space but in cyber space. The Plaintiffs’ bar has become more aggressive in filing claims asserting that public...more
6/1/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disability ,
Disability Access Claims ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equitable Relief ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Accommodation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Title III ,
Website Accessibility ,
Websites