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Public Accommodation Appeals Website Owner Liability

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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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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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Businesses Should Review Their Websites for ADA Accessibility Due to New Court Ruling

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Monday, June 22, 2020, a California Court of Appeal found that Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) equal access standards for public accommodations can apply to websites, at least when there is a strong enough link between...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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The Domino(’s) Effect - What to Expect as a Result of SCOTUS’s Denial of Cert

On October 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States dashed the hopes of the business community for relief from website access litigation when it announced that it had denied Domino’s Pizza, LLC’s petition for...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 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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