USA Today recently reported that the number of passengers traveling on airplanes with service animals is increasing. The article explores possible reasons for this increase. Perhaps – innocently and legitimately – there are more individuals with disabilities flying the friendly skies with their service animals than ever before. Or, as USA Today suspects, not all are legitimate
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Seyfarth’s Minh Vu Provides Insight into Pool Lifts Suits For Hotel News Now
Our own Minh Vu was interviewed for this article about the state of compliance with the new pool lift requirements at hotels and how serial plaintiffs have capitalized on the rules to file more lawsuits. Minh served as counsel to the American Hotel & Lodging Association in its successful effort to obtain a nine month extension of the pool lift
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2014 May Be a Banner Year for ADA Title III Lawsuit Filings
By Minh Vu, Kristina Launey, and Susan Ryan
If you had a suspicion that the Title III plaintiffs have been far more active in recent years, you were right. Our review of the federal docket shows that there was a 9% increase in the number of lawsuits filed from 2012 to 2013. What’s more, the number of lawsuits
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Comment Period for Movie Captioning NPRM Opens Today
By John W. Egan
On July 25, 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued proposed regulations that would require movie theaters with digital screens to show movies with closed captioning and audio description. We covered this development here.
DOJ has requested public comment on a number of issues related to these proposed regulations, including whether closed captioning and audio
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