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Businesses across the United States, particularly restaurants and retailers, are facing a sharp increase in lawsuits alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) due to inaccessible websites and mobile...more
Listen to Episode 10 of our podcast, the Ad Law Tool Kit Show. In this episode, Karel Mazanec and Nicholas Reiter talk to host Shahin Rothermel about website accessibility. Check out the episode....more
With just the click of a button, your school’s website or mobile app could become the source of a disability discrimination claim. Digital accessibility lawsuits are on the rise – and education is one of the most targeted...more
In a presidential proclamation on the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), President Biden stated that the landmark civil rights law “has had a profound impact,” but the United States has “much more...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: AB 1757 would adopt WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the de facto standard for websites and mobile apps that can be accessed from California and impose liability for statutory damages on business establishments and...more
As I completed an online shopping purchase the other day, I started thinking about how often I utilize online resources to fulfill tasks I once completed in person. In the year 2023, and especially after a global pandemic...more
On September 29, 2022, Senator Tammy Duckworth and Representative John Sarbanes introduced the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (“the Act”), a bill designed to ensure that websites and software apps are...more
A California federal district court has held that the website of Domino’s Pizza violates the ADA, following a long saga that included the Ninth Circuit’s reversal of the district court’s prior dismissal of the case. ...more
Advertising: ADA Compliance related to Websites and Mobile Applications In this episode of Trending Now – An IP Podcast, Rob Van Arnam and Amber Duncan will discuss the rise of litigation in this area, the federal and state...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Congressmen Budd and Correa try to address website and mobile app accessibility in a new bill called the “Online Accessibility Act.” ...more
Congressmen Ted Budd (R-NC) and Lou Correa (D-CA) introduced the Online Accessibility Act to the US House of Representatives on October 2, 2020. If enacted, the bill would create a technical standard for website/mobile...more
In a dispute over Uber’s alleged failure to provide a wheelchair-accessible ride-sharing option in New Orleans, the District Court held that, under California law, plaintiffs were not equitably estopped from avoiding...more
As COVID-19 cases increase and state and local governments continue to issue orders and mandates related to how dealers are permitted to conduct business, now is the perfect time to review your dealership's policies and...more
Blank Rome Of Counsel Martin S. Krezalek will co-present the online webinar “The Rise of Mobile App Lawsuits and New ADA Litigation Trends for 2020” on February 19, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. EST. Martin will be joined by UsableNet...more
Seyfarth synopsis: ADA Title III lawsuits flooded federal courts in 2019 and will likely continue to do so in 2020 with new theories for the courts to consider. ...more
Most large and midsize companies have faced a new reality in recent years—make their websites accessible to people with disabilities, or face exposure to lawsuits claiming that the sites violate the Americans with...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal court in 2019 are on track to exceed 2018. Will we see an increase in filings as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the Ninth Circuit’s...more
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
On October 7, 2019, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Domino's Pizza (Domino's) concerning whether Domino's website and mobile app must comply with federal disabilities laws....more
On October 7, 2019, the Supreme Court denied Domino’s petition for writ of certiorari in Robles v. Domino's Pizza LLC, 913 F.3d 898 (2019), leaving in place the Ninth Circuit’s pronouncement that Title III of the Americans...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that held that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to nongovernmental entity websites that have a nexus to their...more
The landscape remains murky as to whether and how Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites. As the financial services industry moves increasingly and inexorably from a “bricks and mortar”...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court Leaves the Ninth Circuit’s Robles v. Domino’s decision intact, dashing businesses’ hope for some relief from website accessibility lawsuits....more
Last fall, Microsoft released its Xbox Adaptive Controller, which is made for those with limited mobility. As Microsoft artfully put it in a television commercial advertising the new product, "When everyone plays, we all...more
In an update with respect to perhaps one of the most important and far-reaching appellate decisions on website accessibility cases filed by legally blind or visually impaired plaintiffs pursuant to the Americans with...more