The recent uptick in discrimination lawsuits based on the Americans with Disabilities Act is affecting organizations of all sizes and industries — including credit unions. Because credit unions are considered “public accommodations” under Title III of the ADA, the law prohibits them from excluding or discriminating against people with disabilities when conducting business. In December 2017 alone,…
Seyfarth Synopsis: 2017 saw an unprecedented number of website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal and state courts, and few courts willing to grant early motions to dismiss. Plaintiffs were very busy in 2017 filing ADA Title III lawsuits alleging that public accommodations’ websites are not accessible to individuals with disabilities. Here is our brief recap…
In what is believed to be the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial, a Florida federal judge has ruled for a blind man who has filed nearly 70 lawsuits alleging that various companies’ websites violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. On June 12, Judge Robert Scola, of the Southern District of Florida,…
The Americans With Disabilities Act produced tangible benefits. Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, the ADA banned employment discrimination against the disabled and eliminated unnecessary physical barriers to commercial and government buildings. But in the quarter-century, since it was enacted, the law has also had countless unintended consequences — mutating…