Please join Seyfarth Shaw’s ADA Title III team members Minh Vu and Kristina Launey, along with SSB Bart CEO Tim Springer, for a preview of the Defending Digital Accessibility Lawsuits presentation they’ll give at this year’s California State University Northridge Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference. This 45-minute webinar will provide a brief overview of applicable
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Proposed Accessibility Standards for Federal Government Websites Highlights Double Standard Justice Department Seeks to Impose on Public Accommodations
By Minh N. Vu and Kristina M. Launey
On February 18, 2015, the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (“Access Board”) issued a proposed rule (“NPRM”) which would, among other things, adopt the WCAG 2.0 Level AA Guidelines (“WCAG 2.0 Level AA”) as the standard for federal government websites. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires federal government websites
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VUDU Agrees to Caption or Subtitle All Online Streaming Video Content in Settlement With NAD
On Monday, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced a settlement agreement between it and VUDU, Inc., a wholly owned streaming entertainment subsidiary of Walmart, in which VUDU has agreed to caption 100% of movies and television programs streamed online through VUDU’s Video on Demand Service. NAD is a non-profit civil rights advocacy group
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Serial ADA Plaintiff Makes Florida News
By Minh N. Vu
Serial ADA Title III lawsuit filer Howard Cohan made local television news last week in a story CBS Action News 47 reported after Mr. Cohan filed 24 new lawsuits against various north Florida hotels. Seyfarth Shaw’s Title III Team has handled a number of cases filed by Mr. Cohan. Our search of the federal court docket
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