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By Craig B. Simonsen and Kristina M. Launey

This blog, as the “ADA Title III” name indicates, is primarily about a business’s obligation to individuals with disabilities who may access its goods, services, benefits, and accommodations, rather than employees with disabilities.  However, we also frequently receive questions from entities that are subject to Title III about their obligations to provide …
Continue Reading Office of Disability Employment Policy Publishes Web Portal on Accessible Workplace Technology

By Michael Fleischer

They’re here and they’re not going away. Six weeks ago we blogged about AXS Map. Now comes AbleRoad, a much more comprehensive customer review website/mobile app that allows individuals to post online reviews of a business’s accessibility to individuals with disabilities.

AbleRoad, which worked with Yelp.com to allow both Yelp and AbleRoad ratings to be …
Continue Reading YELP! – Another Website/Mobile App Launches Allowing Individuals To Rate A Business’s Accessibility To Customers With Disabilities

By Minh N. Vu

Similar to Trip Advisor and Yelp, AXS Map is a  new customer review website/mobile app that allows people to review businesses on their accessibility to people with disabilities.  Every business that opens its doors to the public can be reviewed.  Hotels, restaurants, retailers, gyms: You name it – it’s on AXS Map ready to be reviewed. …
Continue Reading Alert: A New Website/Mobile App Called AXS Map Allows People to Review Your Business' Accessibility to Customers with Disabilities

By Minh N. Vu

We often hear from commercial landlords that they are not concerned about whether their tenant spaces are accessible because their leases place the obligation for complying with accessibility laws such as Title III of the ADA on the tenants.  A recent decision from the federal district court in Northern California makes clear that landlords should consider …
Continue Reading Why Landlords Should Care About the Accessibility of Their Tenant Spaces

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) this week issued historic new regulations that require federal contractors and subcontractors to — for the first time — adopt quantifiable hiring goals for individuals with disabilities.  Of relevance to this blog, flying under the radar in the final regulation but big news to those of us who have …
Continue Reading Federal Contractors: New OFCCP Regulation Does Not Mandate That Online Application Websites Be Accessible to People with Disabilities.