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Wireless Roundup (March 2025)

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FCC Solicits Comment on Amending Accessibility Rules for IVCS: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests further comment on whether to amend its...more

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Wireless Roundup (February 2025)

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FCC Solicits Comment on Amending Accessibility Rules for IVCS: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests further comment on whether to amend its...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Adopts New Accessibility Requirements for Video Conferencing Services

On September 26, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted a Report and Order (the "Second R&O") setting forth new rules to make interoperable video conferencing services ("IVCS") more accessible to people...more

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A Look Around the Corner: #MWC22 Highlights Innovation in Mobile Technologies and Industries That Depend on It

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As attorneys engaged in telecom, media, and technology work, we are constantly thinking about not just where the law is today, but where it’s going. Critical to that analysis is understanding how the information and...more

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The Curve Has Flattened for Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits

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We’ve sheltered in place and finished our tally. The numbers are in for total website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal courts in 2019, they show a small decrease from 2018....more

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Telephone Access Might Be Valid Alternative to Accessible Website, But Court Needs More

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In denying Dave & Buster’s motion to dismiss and for summary judgment, a federal judge said that telephonic access might be an alternative to having an accessible website, but cannot decide until the...more

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Fifth Circuit Finds Telecommuting Not Reasonable for Accommodation for Litigation Attorney

Contrary to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) position discussed in last week’s EmployNews, federal courts continue to allow employers to require employees to actually come to work. Last month, the Fifth...more

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EEOC Sues Mobile Destination For Disability Discrimination

Mobile Phone Retailer's Management Withdrew Job Offer to Salesman Because He Uses a Wheelchair, Federal Agency Charges - HOUSTON - Mobile Destination, Inc., a mobile phone retailer which operates 30 Verizon Wireless...more

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Effective Communication with Consumers with Disabilities

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to certain entities providing goods and services to the public. In the context of interactions with the public, mortgage lenders have obligations to ensure that information...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

What Is the ADA and Why Should You Care About It?

The Americans with Disabilities Act, commonly known as the ADA, is considered one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation for people with disabilities. Passed in 1990 and amended in 2008, the ADA attempts to...more

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Advances in technology require another look at telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation

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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals revived an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) suit brought on behalf of an ex-Ford Motor Company worker, showing that courts are warming to telecommuting as an ADA accommodation. As a...more

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