Hope everyone had or is having a happy holiday. Also, baseball season is underway. The Chicago White Sox are up-and-coming, but their time may not be yet. The Chicago Cubs going into the season are one of the top three to go to the World Series. The Atlanta Braves are not going to be so
Guidances
ADA and the High School Athletic Association
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Before starting the blog for this week, a couple of preliminary matters. First, about a month ago, I hit 300 blog posts. I simply could not do it without the loyal readership of the people here. Thank you! Also, my last blog entry dealing with animals on planes really took off. The Texas Bar informed…
Job Relatedness and Business Necessity Revisited
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Hope everybody had a great holiday season and happy new year to all! Back to the grind:-)
The blog entry for the week explores two different cases dealing with disability related inquiries and medical exams of employees. The cases are from the Seventh Circuit and from the District Court of the District of Columbia.…
Regulatory Developments
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I know I said that I would not be blogging until after the new year started. However, my wife and daughter are hanging out with lunch and a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond. Since we are Jewish, one could ask why we would be making a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond two days…
2017 Understanding the ADA Greatest Hits
It is time for the top 10 plus three of 2017. For the most part, the greatest hits, but not of all of their order of popularity stayed the same from 2016 to 2017, except for one entry (negligence per se dropped out of the top 10 and was replaced by the history of ADA…
Movie Theater Accessibility
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Things have been crazy around here lately. The latest thing I am dealing with apparent incompatibility between Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Microsoft Office 365. It makes things incredibly crazy (I can’t dictate in Word for long without having to click the dragon mike on and off and other office 365 products, such as outlook and excel,…
Updates on Karczewski and King
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Posted in ADA, Constitutional law, Federal Cases, Final Federal Regulations, Guidances, Title II, Title III
Before proceeding with the blog entry of the day, I want to say that my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Houston, Texas. I actually lived in Houston, Texas for a year and ½. It is just awful what is going on there and everyone there is in my thoughts.
The blog entry…
Countering Defenses to Website Accessibility Motion to Dismiss
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I know I promised that I would not have a blog this week. However, with the bat mitzvah a week from today, I am going out of my mind. Believe it or not, blogging relaxes me. Also, my wife and daughter are out shopping for the bat mitzvah leaving me alone with my miniature poodle.…
Website Accessibility Case Goes to Verdict and it is Not in Favor of Defendant
Many blog sites, such as this one which appears in my blogroll, are reporting on a website accessibility case that went to verdict and found in favor of the plaintiff. The case is Gill v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90204 (S.D. Fla. June 13, 2017). As is usual, the case is…
Defenses to Serial Website Litigation
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My colleague, Richard Hunt, recently blogged on the issue of website accessibility here and here. I want to focus and provide another perspective on his blog entry discussing Robles v. Dominos Pizza LLC 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53133 (C.D. Cal. March 20, 2017), and Gomez v. Bang and Olufsen America, Inc., 2017 U.S.…