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ADA Title III Lawsuits Up 63% From 2015
In honor of the 26th anniversary of the ADA, we are sharing our mid-year count of ADA Title III lawsuits for 2016 and it’s newsworthy: The number of lawsuits filed in federal court is already at...
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ADA Title III Lawsuits Increase by 37 Percent in 2016
Seyfarth Synopsis: The number of federal ADA Title III lawsuits continue to surge, fueled by new plaintiffs, new plaintiffs’ lawyers, and website accessibility claims. Our 2016 lawsuit count is...
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UC Berkeley To Remove More Than 20,000 Online Videos From Public Access In...
Seyfarth Synopsis: Fewer online videos from UC Berkeley will be available to the public as a result of a DOJ demand that the videos have closed captioning. Starting March 15, 2017, more than 20,000...
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Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings Still Going Strong
Seyfarth Synopsis: The number of federal lawsuits alleging inaccessible websites continues to increase, along with the number of law firms filing them. Businesses remain well-advised to seek advice...
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Florida Lawmakers Take Action To Curb Access Suits, But Will It Work?
Seyfarth Synopsis: Florida’s recently-enacted House Bill 727 gives businesses a way to deter serial plaintiffs from suing them in Florida courts. Watching businesses deal with the at least 1,663 ADA...
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2017 Website Accessibility Lawsuit Recap: A Tough Year for Businesses
Seyfarth Synopsis: 2017 saw an unprecedented number of website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal and state courts, and few courts willing to grant early motions to dismiss. Plaintiffs were very...
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Defendants Fighting Website Accessibility Cases Face An Uphill Battle In 2018
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs secure a second judgment in a federal website accessibility lawsuit while most of the others successfully fended off motions to dismiss. 2018 has been a bad year for...
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Domino’s: Ninth Circuit Hears Web Accessibility Appeal Argument
Seyfarth Synopsis: Due process, DOJ’s failure to enact regulations, and whether the ADA covers websites arguments dominated the recent Domino’s Ninth Circuit oral argument. In the increasing morass of...
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Number Of Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits Nearly Triple, Exceeding...
As we had predicted, the number of website accessibility lawsuits (i.e. lawsuits alleging that plaintiffs with a disability could not use websites because they were not coded to work with assistive...
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The Curve Has Flattened for Federal Website Accessibility Lawsuits
By Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu We’ve sheltered in place and finished our tally. The numbers are in for total website accessibility lawsuit filings in federal courts in 2019, they show a small...
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