Plaintiff Name: Frankie Monegro Filing date: December 1, 2020 State of filing: New York Defendant Name: School Zone Publishing Company Website: www.schoolzone.com Industry: Educational Summary: School Zone manufactures and sells educational workbooks and related items for teachers and students. Case Summary On December 1, 2020, Frankie Monegro filed a Complaint in New York Federal court […]
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Plaintiff Name: Luis Licea Filing date: December 2, 2020 State of filing: California Defendant Name: Tomia Beauty Brands, LLC Website: www.trestique.com Industry: Beauty Summary: Tomia sells beauty and cosmetics products under the Trestique brand name. Case Summary On December 2, 2020, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against Tomia Beauty Brands, LLC.
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With numerous states initiating web accessibility laws to various extents and with the the US Supreme Court refusing to hear the appeal from Domino’s, Q4 of 2019 was crazy with businesses being sued because their websites are not built properly to work for everyone. Websites have to work for a range fo people with disabilities
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Plaintiff Name: Pamela Hill Filing date: December 21, 2020 State of filing: California Defendant Name: Stanley Black and Decker Website: www.stanleysecuritysolutions.com Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies Summary: Stanley Black and Decker is a multinational conglomerate with numerous business lines including, at issue here, Stanley Security Services, a security and monitoring service for commercial entities. Case
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It does not matter if you are a local restaurant, hotel, hospital, auto repair, law firm, a large company or Rihanna, you are vulnerable to being sued over your website not being accessible to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was one of the landmark pieces of legislation for disabled people, guaranteeing
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The number of businesses being sued over their website not being compliant has skyrocketed! There were over 4,000 lawsuits in 2018 and we are on pace to triple, quadruple that or more! In 2012, President Obama extended the American’s with Disability Act to include websites. In 2017, under Governor Jerry Brown, California extended the Unruh
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The ADA was enacted prior to widespread use of the internet by individuals and businesses. Therefore, Title III and DOJ regulations do not specifically address the internet or provide guidelines for website compliance.
On September 25, 2018, Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd responded to the June 20 letter confirming DOJ’s earlier position that the ADA applies to the websites of public accommodations. He stated that the DOJ’s “interpretation is consistent with the ADA’s Title III requirement that the goods, services, privileges, or activities provided by places of public accommodation be equally accessible to people with disabilities.” Boyd also stated that, “absent the adoption of specific technical requirements for websites through rulemaking, public accommodations have flexibility in how to comply with the …
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