The decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. undoubtedly had a direct impact on the subsequent increase in the filing of website accessibility cases...more
In an update with respect to perhaps one of the most important and far-reaching appellate decisions on website accessibility cases filed by legally blind or visually impaired plaintiffs pursuant to the Americans with...more
Florida has long been considered a hotbed of lawsuits filed under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Certainly, that practice has continued with the most recent trend of ADA cases, namely lawsuits alleging...more
Lawsuits under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, based upon a company’s alleged failure to make its website accessible to the visually impaired or legally blind exploded in 2017 and 2018. ...more
When the Americans with Disabilities Act—the ADA—became law in 1990, websites, which are so common a part of business and life these days, did not exist. Nearly 30 years later, websites are now the driving force behind...more
When Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA as it is routinely referred to, in 1990 it probably could not have envisioned the sheer number of lawsuits that would be filed under the ADA in the ensuing...more
Since the Americans with Disabilities Act–often referred to as the ADA—was passed by Congress in 1990, lawsuits under the Act have been quite common. These lawsuits, until recently, have focused on physical or architectural...more