Recently, the governor of Kansas signed House Bill 2016 giving the Kansas Atty. Gen. all kinds of authority to jump in on lawsuits involving website accessibility, and possibly accessibility in general, if the defendant is a Kansas resident or a Kansas Corporation. I see all kinds of problems with this bill and thought it would
The Argument for Standalone Websites as a Place of Public Accommodation
Today’s blog entry is a case from the Eastern District of New York, Martinez v. Gutsy LLC, here, which makes the case for why standalone websites can be a place of public accommodation providing that site is functioning for one of the purposes laid out in 42 U.S.C. §12181(7).
Once again, a person
You Can Still be Subject to Place of Public Accommodation Rules Even if You are Not a Place of Public Accommodation
Picture of Hockey helmet, puck, and stick (brown and black colors).
As readers know, I have long been interested in the intersection of the ADA and sports. Many of my blog entries cover that topic. The very first edition of Understanding the ADA back in 2000 had a whole chapter on it. The subsequent
Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act
If you have a team in the World Series tonight, good luck. My teams, the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, or Chicago White Sox are not in it. So, I will just be watching for fun.
Today’s blog entry is the introduction of the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act by Democratic Senator Duckworth of
Is Virtual Reality a Place of Public Accommodation and Subject to Effective Communication Rules?
Earlier today, I counted the number of cases I had in my pipeline. It came to two dozen. Ultimately, I chose the case of Panarra v. HTC Corporation et. al., here. It is a cutting edge case exploring whether the programming offered in virtual reality headsets needs to be accessible to the Deaf, deaf,
DOJ Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Guidance Document
Baseball season has started. Cleveland has a new name. Good luck to everyone with respect to their teams. My Braves are loaded as are the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago Cubs are in rebuilding mode I think. Good luck to everyone!
I actually have an embarrassment of riches with respect to cases to blog
For Lawyers, Effective Communications Requirements are More Than Just a Matter of ADA Compliance: They are Now a Matter of Legal Ethics Too
Many times before in this blog, such as here and here and here, we have discussed effective communication rules. On October 6, 2021, the American Bar Association issued Formal Opinion 500. Formal Opinion 500, here, now takes effective communication and makes it a matter of professional responsibility and a matter of legal ethics
Never Line of Cases for Internet Accessibility Makes a Come back
Today’s blog entry is something I came across by way of my subscription to the Wait A Second blog, which focuses on all things in the Second Circuit and can be found in my blogroll. The case of the day is Winegard v. Newsday LLC decided by United States District Court of the Eastern District
Naomi Osaka and Title III of the Ada
As everyone knows, Naomi Osaka made news last week in a big way. One of the things that I saw is that labor and employment bloggers were using it as an analogy for how they would deal with something like this under title I of the ADA, such as here184192212213215215. Sports commentators, such as
The new CDC Covid-19 Guidance: Will We Now See Proof of Vaccination Requirements?
I have a ton of cases in my pipeline. However, sometimes breaking developments jump the pipeline. This is one of those situations. As everybody knows, the CDC came out with new guidelines regarding mask wearing, which can be found here185198205. Everybody and anybody is talking about them, and the guidelines have big implications for