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Over the last five years, an unceasing wave of lawsuits and demand letters alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act has rolled over businesses across the United States. Plaintiffs have argued that failing to provide websites that are accessible to individuals with disabilities is a violation of the ADA. Specifically, Title III of the ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability in places that are open to the public and requires companies to eliminate barriers to access. Title III applies to most businesses, including hotels, restaurants, stores, office buildings, and medical, law, and accounting offices.
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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Eleventh Circuit’s much-anticipated decision in Gil v. Winn Dixie sets a higher bar for plaintiffs in website accessibility lawsuits and creates a conflict among judicial circuits that could result in Supreme Court review.
After two and a half years of deliberation, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit finally
Gil v. Winn Dixie, overturning the
trial court’s finding that Winn Dixie violated the ADA by having an inaccessible website. Rather than clarifying the state of the law on website accessibility, the decision makes the law on website accessibility even more complicated.
4 must-have business compliance tools for 2021 on December 28, 2020, 5:00 AM PST Virtually every industry has compliance concerns fortunately, there are tools to help. These compliance tools will ensure your business complies with accessibility, financial, and audit requirements.
Companies across all industries are being tasked with ensuring compliance, and this is increasing in the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 era. Many organizations are navigating new compliance challenges resulting from COVID-19, according to Deloitte.
Whether it s relating to web accessibility, audit and finance, or other challenges, these are the must-have compliance tools available to address the different types of issues in these three areas.
Web accessibility/ADA compliance