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Disability Discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Petition for Writ of Certiorari

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False Start: U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Decide Whether Courts May Certify Damages Classes That Include Uninjured Class Members

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On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court changed course and dismissed the writ of certiorari that it previously had granted in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, No. 24-304 (U.S. June 5, 2025). In doing so,...more

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Supreme Court Avoids Class-Action Review Due to Mootness Concerns

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On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted, leaving unresolved a significant question regarding class-action certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. The question...more

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In Labcorp v. Davis, Supreme Court Passes on Chance to Clarify Issue of Uninjured Class Members

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The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to resolve a potentially landmark issue in class action law. In the closely watched case of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, the Court delivered a per curiam...more

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Plaintiffs Filed More than 8,200 ADA Title III Federal Lawsuits in 2023

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In 2023, the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed in federal court declined but still exceeded 8,200 for a second year in a row....more

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Supreme Court Strengthens Burden in Religious Accommodation Requests

The Supreme Court recently ruled that the burden an employer must meet in denying a requested religious accommodation is “substantial” and not merely “de minimis.”  Employers will now have a harder time denying religious...more

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The Supreme Court of the United States Clarifies Title VII’s ‘Undue Hardship’ Standard for Religious Accommodations

On June 29, 2023, in a unanimous decision in Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General, the Supreme Court of the United States clarified Title VII’s “undue hardship” standard for employers denying religious accommodations. The Court...more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Adverse Employment Action Is Required in ADA Failure-to-Accommodate Claim

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), “[n]o covered entity shall discriminate against a qualified individual on the basis of disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge...more

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Supreme Court Denies Review Of ADA Website Accessibility Case, Leaving Businesses Subject To Ninth Circuit's Guidelines

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that held that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to nongovernmental entity websites that have a nexus to their...more

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Navigating ADA Compliance Issues in an Online World

The landscape remains murky as to whether and how Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites. As the financial services industry moves increasingly and inexorably from a “bricks and mortar”...more

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Supreme Court Rejects Invitation to Decide Whether Your Company’s Website Must Be Accessible To Individuals with Disabilities

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Is your private sector company required by law to make its website accessible to individuals with disabilities? The answer depends on which judge you ask in which jurisdiction; different courts apply different tests. The...more

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Domino's asks Supreme Court to weigh in on website accessibility 

Domino’s Pizza has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to weigh in on whether Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites. The...more

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Plaintiff Robles Files His Opposition To Domino’s Petition For Certiorari

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear its first website accessibility case now that briefing on Domino’s Petition for Certiorari is complete....more

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Domino’s Petitions Supreme Court for Review of Unfavorable Website Accessibility Decision

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Domino’s Pizza LLC has submitted a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed a website accessibility case to proceed against Domino’s. The...more

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Domino’s Files Petition For US Supreme Court Review Of Unfavorable Website Access Decision

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Domino’s filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court today, June 13, 2019, asking the Court to review and overturn the Ninth Circuit’s decision which allowed a website accessibility lawsuit to...more

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Domino’s To Ask Supreme Court To Consider Whether ADA Website/Mobile App Accessibility Lawsuits Violate Due Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Domino’s Likely to File Petition for Certiorari from Ninth Circuit’s Ruling in Robles v. Domino’s....more

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Supreme Court Rejects Disabled Employee’s Bid to Revive His $2.6 Million ADA Jury Verdict: Why You Should Still Regularly Update...

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On October 16, 2017, the Supreme Court rejected an employee’s petition for review of a decision in Stevens v Rite Aid Corporation. Stevens sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) for alleged discriminatory...more

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Supreme Court Denies Review of Rules That Vending Machines Are Not Places of Public Accommodation

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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 not sales...more

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