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DOJ Withdraws 11 Pieces of Americans With Disabilities Act Title III Guidance: What Covered Businesses Need to Know

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) withdrew 11 documents providing guidance to businesses on compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III). The DOJ Guidance sets forth how the agency interprets...more

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Department of Justice Loosens the Requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 19, 2025 that it was eliminating 11 separate previously issued guidance documents concerning compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The basis of...more

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DOJ Withdraws Eleven ADA Guidance Documents For Public Accommodations

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The Trump DOJ rescinded five COVID-19 related documents and six older guidance documents designed to educate businesses on the requirements of the ADA, claiming that the recission will reduce the burden on businesses to...more

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Members Of Congress Urge DOJ To Declare That Private Website Accessibility Lawsuits Violate Due Process

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Responding to the surge of website accessibility lawsuits filed under Title III of the ADA, 103 members of Congress from both parties sent a letter to Attorney General Sessions urging action to stem the tide of website...more

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DOJ Rescinds 10 ADA Guidance Documents

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) rescinded 25 guidance documents that the department deemed unnecessary, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper....more

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DOJ Nixes All Pending ADA Rulemakings, Including Website Access Rules

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Justice Department withdraws pending rulemakings for accessible websites, furniture and non-fixed equipment.The current Department of Justice’s (DOJ) regulatory approach to Title III of the ADA is yet...more

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Businesses continue to face uncertainty, litigation risk in the wake of DOJ’s “inactive” web accessibility rulemaking

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On July 20, the Trump Administration posted its first Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. For the first time, the Agenda included a list of “inactive” actions to notify the public of regulations “still...more

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DOJ Places Website Rulemaking on the “Inactive” List

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Trump Administration’s first Unified Agenda reveals DOJ has placed web accessibility, medical equipment, and furniture rulemakings under Title II and III of the ADA on Inactive List....more

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Office for Civil Rights Changes Complaint Investigation Policy

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Reversing the practice under the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has just issued new internal guidance changing how regional OCR offices will investigate discrimination...more

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Emerging Trends Newsletter - Q4

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The Volcker Rule Under the Trump Administration - The so-called Volcker Rule—named after Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board—was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...more

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2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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W. Gary Fowler Published in ‘Texas Lawyer’ - “President Donald Trump and the Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act”

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Jackson Walker partner W. Gary Fowler, recently authored an article published in the November 2016 edition of Texas Lawyer. In the article, “President Donald Trump and the Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities...more

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