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Federal Court Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings Continue to Decrease in 2024

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Plaintiffs filed 2,452 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2024 – a 13% decrease from 2023....more

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Minnesota District Court Says Web-Only Businesses Are Subject to Title III of the ADA

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Are web-only businesses subject to Title III? A Minnesota federal court joins the controversy and says yes....more

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Online Only Retailers Have a New Defense Against Website Accessibility Claims in California

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On August 1, 2022, the California Court of Appeals issued the decision in Martinez v. Cot’n Wash, Inc. (2022) 81 Cal.App.5th 1026 [297 Cal.Rptr.3d 712]. In Martinez, the plaintiff claimed that Cot’n Wash’s website...more

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The ADA and Your Website A Guide to Website Accessibility Claims

Most employers know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires reasonable accommodations of employees’ disabilities. However, this prohibition is...more

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Is the Tide Turning on Website Accessibility Claims? California Court of Appeal Upholds a ‘Bona Fide Intent’ Requirement

The Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, recently handed a potentially significant website accessibility win to the business community under the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act) when it...more

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California Appellate Court Holds Plaintiffs in Website Accessibility Challenges Must Have “Bona Fide Intent” To Use Services

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Across the country, companies have been grappling with website accessibility challenges filed by serial plaintiffs alleging the company’s website is not fully accessible to individuals with disabilities. The complaints...more

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Whistling a new tune: Eleventh Circuit’s Winn-Dixie decision finds websites are not places of public accommodation under ADA

In a decision that creates new hurdles for website accessibility lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on April 7, 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that websites do not...more

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Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Refuses to Extend ADA Liability to Websites

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Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that disabled persons have equal access to goods and services provided by any “place of public accommodation.” ...more

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More ADA Lawsuits Targeting Mobile Apps Are Likely Ahead

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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 applications. ...more

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California Appellate Court Adopts Broad Standing for Claims Based on Asserted ADA Violations

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The California Supreme Court recently issued a ruling in White v. Square, Inc. that suggested standing to assert claims against websites for violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act will be interpreted very broadly. In a case...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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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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Ninth Circuit reversal delivers blow to defense of website accessibility class actions

On January 15, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived a previously dismissed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website accessibility class action against Domino’s Pizza. In Robles v. Domino’s Pizza,...more

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Ninth Circuit Allow the Robles v. Domino’s Website and Mobile App Accessibility Lawsuit to Move Forward

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Ninth Circuit overturns district court’s dismissal of website accessibility lawsuit on due process and primary jurisdiction grounds, remands case to proceed with discovery....more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Important Decision in Domino’s Website Accessibility Action

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As businesses continue to face lawsuits and demand letters alleging that their websites are inaccessible to blind and deaf patrons in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), courts across the country...more

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Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2018

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It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more

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Robles v. Dominos: Engaged Ninth Circuit Hears Web Access Appeal

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On October 12, in sunny Pasadena, California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the Robles v. Dominos case. ...more

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Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Lawyer for Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities Quietly Files More Serial ADA Lawsuits Targeting Valley-Area Hotels and...

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The lawyer for the controversial Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities (AID), the organization that launched over a thousand nearly identical lawsuits against Arizona businesses last year, has quietly been filing a...more

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