Courts across the country continue to weigh in on the issue of website accessibility. Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire denied a motion to dismiss filed by online food delivery servicer Blue...more
11/21/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Public Accommodation ,
Split of Authority ,
Title III ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
On 18 July 2017, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") published a new report which calls for an end to gender stereotyping in advertising. The report comes at the end of an investigation into this issue, during...more
8/1/2017
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
EU Single Market ,
Logos ,
Retailers ,
Title III ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Website Accessibility ,
Work Schedules
Another website accessibility decision against a retailer, this time involving Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. in the Central District of California, highlights the uncertainty of the law and of litigating such cases while courts...more
Online businesses, including financial institutions, banks, and retailers, have faced a wave of demand letters and lawsuits alleging that their websites are inaccessible to the visually impaired and/or hearing impaired in...more