Soon businesses with an online presence will be required to make their websites accessible to persons with disabilities or face litigation in state and federal court. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) already requires businesses with a physical presence to comply with exacting and numerous standards (e.g., door width, counter…
New Resource: The ADA Compliance and Defense Guide Download your free copy here. The Global Hospitality Group® of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce the latest publication in our We Wrote the Book™ series : The ADA Compliance and Defense Guide, a practical handbook for…
Since at least 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been advocating standardized website development and content to promote access to blind and low vision internet users. In 2013, the DOJ withdrew its proposed Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) which would have established standardized internet protocols by…
FedEx sued for failure to provide effective auxiliary aids and services for hearing and speech impaired employees and job applicants Effective communication with blind, low vision, deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech impaired and cognitively challenged employees, potential employees, customers and guests is one of the fundamental tenets of the Americans with Disabilities…
Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions on service animal issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA. What qualifies as a “service animal?” Businesses . . . may ask only two questions of individuals regarding their service animals . . . Under the ADA, a dog…
Failure to provide an Ounce of ADA Compliance is worth a Pounding by the DOJ What you can learn from the DOJ’s settlement agreement with Starwood and The Phoenician The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to make the hospitality sector a target for enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities…
As we reported in January of this year, “The DOJ stunned both the hospitality industry and pool manufacturers when it proclaimed that only “fixed” or permanent pool lifts would comply with the new 2010 ADAAG Standards) to the extent “readily achievable.” (See ADA Defense Lawyer: Pool lift deadline of January…
Federal court condemns frivolous, serial ADA litigation which subverts the noble purpose of the ADA and the entire legal profession On April 16, 2012, an article appeared on the front page of the New York Times about the proliferation of lawsuits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (or ADA)…
Since January 2005, 16,530 lawsuits alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) have been filed in federal courts across the country. More of these lawsuits were filed in California than in any other state. Some believe that California is a hotbed of ADA litigation because California law awards…
Will your city and restaurant be next? You have worked all your life to get top Zagat ratings for your restaurant. After years of hard work, you’ve made it! And because of that, food lovers from around the world will beat a path to your door. But, so too will…