Archive for May 2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Committee in the New York State Senate aims to develop a legal standard for the accessibility of business websites under New York law, in response to the exponential increase in website accessibility litigation in the state. Whether state legislation could stem this tide, or instead make matters worse for businesses, remains to…

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Members of the legislature’s Interim Judiciary Committee watched a 2017 Get Gephardt investigation Wednesday. It focused on what are called “Drive by lawsuits.” Representative Norm Thurston played the report which showed how more than 100 Utah businesses have been sued over arguably-minor violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The…

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision holding that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) applies to websites that connect customers to goods and services offered at a physical location. In Robles v. Domino’s Pizza LLC, the plaintiff, who is blind, brought suit against Domino’s for failing to…

A recent opinion column in the Finger Lakes Times on lawsuits regarding inaccessible web sites caught my eye. Many web users find themselves fighting with poor web designs which make navigation difficult. Often they are sites done by people who care more about graphic impact than usability. Imagine what challenges such sites pose to blind…

When you think about a business being accessible to people with disabilities, you might think of handicap parking spaces, railings and ramps for wheelchairs. But businesses say they’re being blindsided by lawsuits for an issue many say they didn’t know they had. Their websites don’t work with screen readers used by the blind. We asked…