Today’s blog entry comes from Minnesota. It was actually sent to me by the plaintiff’s attorney on the case. It has also been blogged on already by others, but I wanted to offer my own perspective. The case of the day is Frost v. Lion Brand Yarn Company, here, decided by the United States
Southern District of New York Splits Within Itself: Internet Only Business Not a Place of Public Accommodations
Today’s blog entry goes back to the issue of whether an Internet only business website is subject to title III of the ADA. As we have discussed previously, such as here, there are several theoretical possibilities for handling such a claim, and they are: Internet is never a place of public accommodation; Internet is
Team Illinois Hockey Decided by the Illinois Supreme Court
Picture of Hockey helmet, puck, and stick (brown and black colors).
Before getting started on the blog entry of the day, Dr. Bob Emmons, a forensic psychiatrist, and I just published a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons entitled, “The Americans with Disabilities Act and Appropriateness of Referral In
Absent a Gateway to a Physical Place, is an Internet Site Subject to Title III of the ADA: The View From Both Sides of the Argument
The blog entry for the week is getting posted a bit later than usual because my daughter came home for a short fall break and went back yesterday. Today’s blog entry is a published decision from the Court of Appeals of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District,
Kansas HB 2016
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