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[This is one of several articles on LFLegal celebrating the 33d anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 2023. Read the first article about accessible digital healthcare.] In the article here readers will find a media announcement issued by the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the three nationwide credit reporting…
Read more… 2023 Accessible Credit Reports Press Release
The settlement agreement posted here builds on a strong relationship between the American Council of the Blind and the three nationwide credit reporting agencies in the United States — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. This agreement renews a commitment first made in 2008 ensuring that credit report information offered on annualcreditreport.com is available to people who…
Read more… Accessible Credit Reports 2023 Agreement
The 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) falls on Wednesday, July 26, in just about two weeks. Will that be the day that official notice of long-promised web accessibility regulations for state and local governments in the United States is finally published? The official notice, called a Notice of Proposed Rule Making…
Read more… Who is to Blame for Delay in ADA Web Access Regs? It’s not the DOJ
This year, on the 11th anniversary of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, I lived the G in GAAD by spending GAAD week in London, with a side trip to Dublin. Being immersed in the digital accessibility community in the UK was a treat. And after working in the digital accessibility space for 27 years, GAAD 2023 outside…
Read more… London, Dublin, GAAD 2023!
On May 19, 2023, two United States federal agencies issued what is known as a “Dear Colleague” letter about the importance of digital accessibility in higher education. A Dear Colleague letter is a tool that government agencies use to convey policy, resources, and commitment on various issues. The higher education digital accessibility letter was jointly…
Read more… Two US Government Agencies Address Online Accessibility in Higher Education: Are Regulations Next?
On September 4, 2020, AudioEye, Inc. sued accessiBe, Ltd for patent infringement. The lawsuit between these two very well-funded digital accessibility companies was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and reported in Justia Dockets and Filings. Read the September 4, 2020 complaint in AudioEye v. accessiBe. (An amended…
Read more… AudioEye Sues AccessiBe for Patent Infringement
The Law Office of Lainey Feingold congratulates the lawyers and activists who used Structured Negotiations to hammer out a landmark agreement on hospital access for people with disabilities at two major Boston medical facilities. A press release announcing the accessibility initiative was issued on June 26, 2009. Kudos especially to Dan Manning, Litigation Director of Greater Boston Legal Services, who championed the Structured Negotiations approach to resolve the the Boston Hospital accessibility claims.
Read more… Structured Negotiations Behind Landmark Hospital Access Settlement
On December 9, 2021, the National Association of the Deaf (“NAD”) and Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”) filed a lawsuit against SiriusXM, Stitcher, and Pandora. The companies do not provide transcripts or captions for podcasts. (Sirius purchased Stitcher in 2020 for 325 million dollars. In 2019 it acquired Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock transaction.) The…
Read more… Podcasts Need Transcripts: December 2021 lawsuit against SiriusXM
Recently I had the opportunity to ask an audience the first words that came to mind when I said “law in the digital accessibility space.” I heard what I often hear: “threatening” “ambiguous” “confusing.” Yet I heard something else too. I heard reference to the law in the digital space as a “powerful enabler”and a…
Read more… #ADA32: The ADA has applied to digital for decades
During the previous United States presidential administration some very committed disability rights lawyers hunkered down in the Department of Justice (DOJ). They did what they could to protect the Americans with Disabilities Act during that challenging time. But there were very few proactive developments in the digital accessibility space. Today things are different! Recent developments show that the DOJ is once again a champion of disability rights generally and digital accessibility specifically,
Read more… Legal Update: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Championing Digital Access
