Yesterday Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 1186, which will reform California’s disability access laws by, among other things, reducing statutory damages to $1,000 or $2,000 provided certain conditions are met. See our prior discussion of the legislation here.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein
Will the CA Legislature Pass Disability Access Reform Legislation?
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on
Posted in Legislative/Regulatory Actions, Uncategorized
UPDATE: The bill passed both houses of the Legislature and was sent to the Governor’s desk on September 1, 2012.
California businesses have for years prayed for relief from drive-by disability access lawsuits. SB 1608 of 2008 was widely-hoped to be that savior, but has proven to have relatively little effect. All other attempts at …
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