By Minh N. Vu and Susan Ryan

In August 2014, we reported that the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed against public accommodations rose by nearly 9% in 2013 over 2012. At that time, we predicted that there could be a 40% increase in the number of lawsuits filed in 2014 based on 6 months of data. Now that
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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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By Minh N. Vu and Kristina M. Launey

Now that we are all back in work mode, we thought it would be useful to take a quick look at some of the major ADA Title III trends and highlights of 2013 and how they will impact the coming year.   

Digital Accessibility.  We saw a definitive uptick in the number of
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By Minh N. Vu

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) deadline for hotels, health clubs, and other public accommodations to retrofit their existing pools and spas with either a pool lift or sloped entry ramp is January 31, 2013.  Under regulations the DOJ issued in 2010, all pools with less than 300 linear feet of wall must have either a pool
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