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California Court of Appeals Holds Ecommerce Only Website Not Subject to ADA

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The California Court of Appeals has held that websites operated by online only businesses are not “places of public accommodation” subject to Title III of the ADA, agreeing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and...more

BakerHostetler

Third Circuit Reverses Certification of ADA Accommodations Class Based on Retail Store Access

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Class action disability discrimination cases can be particularly difficult. While there is little question of whether a particular individual is in a protected group in a typical case involving race, gender or age, the...more

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The Top 10 Labor and Employment Issues Keeping Retailers Up at Night in 2021

Now that the inauguration has passed and the Biden administration has begun its work, it is a good time for retailers to take stock of the labor and employment issues that are likely to assume prominence in 2021, and to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Anxiety Can’t Overcome Mandatory Face Mask Policy

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Face covering and mask policies have caused unrest and inconvenience for many in-person shoppers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and continue to provoke controversy. Some individuals believe that these policies...more

Perkins Coie

New California Lease Requirements for Disability Access

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Perkins Coie published an alert on July 1, 2013 regarding California legislation (SB 1186), which required disclosures in commercial leases as to whether the property being leased had been inspected by a Certified Access...more

Snell & Wilmer

Serial Plaintiffs Are Filing Waves of Title III Disability Cases

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Hotels, restaurants and retail establishments have been flooded with new lawsuits filed by serial plaintiffs that allege that a property (a place of public accommodation) is in violation of Title III of the Americans with...more

Franczek P.C.

Serial Accommodation Lawsuits Against Restaurants

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Earlier this year, we reported on a spike in the number of ADA public accommodation lawsuits being filed against businesses in Illinois. (FR Alert: Wave of ADA Public Accommodation Lawsuits Continues to Spread, Hits...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Event] Retail Best Practices: Accommodating Disabilities with Acumen, Protecting Data with Diligence, and Avoiding Class Actions...

Topics covered will include: Accommodating Disabilities in The Retail Work Environment: A discussion of recent developments under the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act impacting...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Wal-Mart Stores East Will Pay $72,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Retailer Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Applicant With End-Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., will pay $72,500 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Retailer - Fall 2014

Counting the Cost of Payroll Cards: Are they Worth it for Employers? Retailers, as well as other employers, have grown to rely on payroll cards to compensate employees who may not have bank accounts. What are the legal risks...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Disability Discrimination

Retailer Rescinded Accommodation, Then Fired Intellectually Disabled Employee, Federal Agency Charges - ROCKFORD, Ill. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit here yesterday against...more

Fisher Phillips

Retail Industry Update, No. 4, December 2013: New Year's Resolutions: Five Areas Of Focus For 2014

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The Affordable Care Act has dominated the headlines of employment newsletters (justifiably) for the last six months. It will continue to be an area of focus for all employers. But don’t lose sight of the fact that all the...more

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