By Minh Vu and Michael Fleischer
Although we are not Canadian lawyers, we are reporting on this issue because it is an important development that affects many of our clients and their website compliance efforts in the United States.
As we previously reported, the United States Department of Justice continues to work on its proposed website accessibility regulations for
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On July 11, 2013, from 2:30 – 4:00 EST, the US Access Board will hold a free webinar to review requirements in the internationally recognized Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, also known as WCAG 2.0, issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The Board has proposed referencing the WCAG 2.0 to address web accessibility in updating
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By Minh N. Vu
Title II Changes Come First: The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a new July 2013 date for issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its Title II ADA regulations that would address the obligations of state/local governments to make their websites accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. The DOJ stated that
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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,
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