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In 2017 the first federal court web accessibility trial in the United States was held in a Miami Florida courtroom. When the trial was over, the judge ruled that the Winn-Dixie grocery chain violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by maintaining an inaccessible website. Winn-Dixie appealed the ruling. More than three years later, on April…
Read more… Narrow Winn-Dixie Court Opinion Limits Certain Types of Web Accessibility Lawsuits in three U.S. States
Last updated 03.04.21 with new resource from Joe Dolson. Original excerpt: Web accessibility overlays and widgets are Artificial Intelligence (AI) software tools that promise “ADA compliance with one line of code.” These products are the very antithesis of the Capitol Crawl and all that the ADA represents.
Read more… Honor the ADA: Avoid Web Accessibility Quick-Fix Overlays
Congratulations Discord! The popular communications tool recently announced its commitment to digital accessibility with the press release posted here. Discord worked in conjunction with the American Council of the Blind in Structured Negotiation on its accessibility initiative. Lainey Feingold and Washington, D.C. civil rights lawyer Matt Handley of Handley Farah & Anderson were the lawyers…
Read more… Discord Digital Accessibility Press Release
Welcome to 2022! This article includes a short description with links to all new and updated content on this website since December 20, 2021. Gratitude to the wonderful Natalie MacLees of Digita11y, a web development and accessibility firm, who has upgraded the backend of my site to make the process of updating articles easier for…
Read more… New Year, New Digital Accessibility Content on LFLegal
On December 16, 2021, the non-profit law office Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) announced an agreement with HR software giant ADP that will improve the accessibility of ADP’s products used by employees of the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind. Originally filed as a lawsuit in September of 2020, the agreement states that On January 27,…
Read more… HR and Payroll Software Leader ADP to Enhance Product Accessibility
On November 9, 2021 the Illinois disability rights legal organization Equip for Equality (EFE) and the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) announced an agreement to improve digital accessibility for blind employees and students of the university. The agreement was reached using the collaborative dispute resolution process of Structured Negotiation. No lawsuit was needed or filed.…
Read more… University of Illinois Chicago Digital Accessibility Structured Negotiation
This post is about the hexagons on the cover of my book — Structured Negotiation: a Winning Alternative to Lawsuits. The hexagons were prominent in the first edition of the book, published by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2016. They are in the background of the second edition, published in October 2021. Hexagons are the perfect symbol for a book about cooperation, trust, and resolving legal claims without the conflict, expense and stress of traditional litigation.
Read more… Judging a Book by its Cover
Congratulations CVS and the American Council of the Blind! Today CVS and ACB announced, in the press release posted here, the availability of talking prescription labels in every CVS Pharmacy location in the United States. This announcement resulted from a collaborative effort using Structured Negotiation. CVS’ talking prescription program is called Spoken Rx. Spoken Rx…
Read more… CVS Spoken Rx November 2021 Press Release
Congratulations to CVS and the American Council of the Blind. Posted here is the talking prescription label settlement agreement reached by ACB, CVS, and an individual CVS customer. The agreement describes the nation’s first in-app talking label technology offered by a major pharmacy. It is available in every CVS location in the United States. The…
Read more… CVS Spoken Rx Settlement Agreement
Posted here is the digital accessibility settlement agreement that communications company Discord reached with the American Council of the Blind. The agreement is designed to ensure that Discord’s public-facing website and mobile application are available to people with and without disabilities.Discord will use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA as part of its accessibility program.
Read more… Discord Digital Accessibiity Settlement Agreement
