Seyfarth Synopsis: California will soon have a new law requiring WCAG 2.0 AA compliance for state agencies’ websites by 2019.
On October 14, 2017 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 434, which will create a new Government Code section 11546.7 and require, beginning July 1, 2019, state agencies and state entities to post on their website home
Continue Reading California Passes Website Accessibility Requirements Applicable to State Agencies
Over the past few weeks, our Title III Specialty Team contributed to the following pieces:
The site LXBN.com interviewed Seyfarth’s ADA Title III Team leader Minh Vu for an article about a pending lawsuit brought by an advocacy organization for the deaf against seven Hollywood movie studios for failing to provide closed captioning for lyrics of songs in motion pictures.
Continue Reading Seyfarth Insights Featured In Media Coverage Of Access Issues
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) enforces the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability in air travel. The DOT recently issued a proposed updated version of its technical assistance manual (TAM). The TAM, which provides guidance to airlines and passengers with disabilities on their rights and responsibilities under the ACAA, was
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By Todd C. Hunt
On the heels of Cullen v. Netflix, Inc., reported here last month, two other federal judges in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California followed the lead established by the Ninth Circuit more than a decade ago in ruling in a putative class action that websites not connected to “physical spaces” are not
Continue Reading Courts in the Ninth Circuit Consistent in Holding Title III Website Access Requires Nexus to a Physical Space
By Minh N. Vu
For more than a decade, courts have struggled with the question of whether the ADA’s coverage of twelve “places of public accommodation” (e.g., places of lodging, entertainment, retailers, restaurants, service establishments) is limited to physical places, or whether they can be virtual. The answer to this question dictates whether virtual places, such as websites,
Continue Reading Businesses: Brace For an Onslaught of ADA Lawsuits Alleging Inaccessible Websites
