Justice Department Issues New Technical Guidance for Pools and Spas
Photo of Splash! Lift courtesy of S.R. Smith. By Minh N. Vu In yet another installment of the pool lift saga that has gripped the lodging industry and other businesses with pools and spas these past...
View ArticleHighlights From Access Board Webinar On New ADA Mini-Golf Course Requirements
By Eden Anderson On June 7, 2012, the United States Access Board (“Access Board”) hosted a webinar to discuss new accessibility requirements for miniature golf courses. We listened in and summarize...
View ArticleBusinesses: Brace For an Onslaught of ADA Lawsuits Alleging Inaccessible...
By Minh N. Vu For more than a decade, courts have struggled with the question of whether the ADA’s coverage of twelve “places of public accommodation” (e.g., places of lodging, entertainment,...
View ArticleJustice Department Joins Plaintiffs in Alleging ADA Violations by Law School...
By Virginia E. Robinson The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) moved this week to intervene in a class action lawsuit brought against the administrators of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), alleging...
View ArticleJustice Department Requires University to Adopt Extensive Measures for...
By Minh N. Vu The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a settlement with Lesley University requiring it to take comprehensive measures to accommodate the needs of students with food...
View ArticleJustice Department May Propose New Accessible Website Regulations as Early as...
By Minh N. Vu Title II Changes Come First: The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a new July 2013 date for issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its Title II ADA...
View ArticleBusinesses With Swimming Pools and Spas Work to Install Lifts by January 31,...
By Minh N. Vu The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) deadline for hotels, health clubs, and other public accommodations to retrofit their existing pools and spas with either a pool lift or sloped entry ramp...
View ArticleJustice Department’s Disability Rights Section Gets a New Chief
After a long search, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department yesterday announced its new Chief of the Disability Rights Section (DRS), Rebecca Bond. Among other things, DRS is responsible...
View ArticleJustice Department Obtains Civil Penalties and Retrofits From Three Manhattan...
By Minh N. Vu The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and the owners of the Rosa Mexicano restaurants at Lincoln Center, Union Square, and First Avenue recently entered into a consent decree that resolves an...
View ArticleJustice Department Requires Treatment Facilities to Adopt Policies For...
By Chris Palamountain In the past three weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced settlements with three different health-service providers (of dentistry, pain management,...
View ArticleHistorical Restoration Project Not Exempt from ADA Accessibility Requirements
By John W. Egan One common misconception about the design and construction requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is that historical landmarks are exempt. Another is that the ADA...
View ArticleComing (Not So) Soon: ADA Proposed Rule For Beds In Accessible Hotel Rooms
The ADA regulations currently contain no technical specifications for accessible hotel guest room beds. According to The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), travelers with mobility disabilities often...
View ArticleDo I Have to Let Segways™ Used by Persons With Disabilities Into My Business?
By Minh Vu and Paul Kehoe Many individuals with disabilities are choosing other power-driven mobility devices (OPMDs) such as Segways™ over traditional wheelchairs and scooters to provide them with...
View ArticleJustice Department Issues Proposed Rule Revising Definition of “Disability”
By Minh. N. Vu The Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday published a proposed rule to expand the definition of the term “disability” under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
View ArticleMore People Will Be Individuals With a “Disability” Under Proposed Justice...
By Minh Vu and Paul Kehoe Since we reported that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued its proposed regulations last month concerning the definition of a “disability” under Titles II (applicable to...
View ArticleJustice Department Issues New Guidance on the Use of Other Power-Driven...
By Paul Kehoe and Minh Vu As noted in an October 2013 blog post (here), more than three years have passed since the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) revised its regulations requiring businesses and state...
View ArticleJustice Department Targets Websites, Mobile Apps, and POS Devices
By Minh Vu Only four months into 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already made clear that it is pursuing an aggressive enforcement agenda when it comes to the obligation of public...
View ArticleStill Waiting For Web Regs: Justice Department Pushes Back Issuance Date For...
By Minh N. Vu The federal government recently released an Unified Agenda announcing that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has delayed to March 2015 the issuance of proposed regulations setting...
View ArticleEbay Announces Web Accessibility Partnership with the National Federation of...
By Kristina Launey Ebay has announced that it has teamed with The National Federation of the Blind in a “Web 2 Sustainable Accessibility Partnership Agreement”, aimed to “enhance the accessibility of...
View ArticleBusinesses Nationwide Hit By Wave of Lawsuits Alleging Inaccessible Websites
By Minh N. Vu and Kristina M. Launey Although “drive-by” ADA Title III lawsuits alleging physically inaccessible public accommodations facilities will continue to be a mainstay for the plaintiff’s bar,...
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